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SIR HIRAM STEVENS MAXIM
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• SIR HIRAM STEVENS MAXIM (noun)
The noun SIR HIRAM STEVENS MAXIM has 1 sense:
1. English inventor (born in the United States) who invented the Maxim gun that was used in World War I (1840-1916)
Familiarity information: SIR HIRAM STEVENS MAXIM used as a noun is very rare.
• SIR HIRAM STEVENS MAXIM (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
English inventor (born in the United States) who invented the Maxim gun that was used in World War I (1840-1916)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Maxim; Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim
Instance hypernyms:
artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)
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