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VON MAUSER
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• VON MAUSER (noun)
The noun VON MAUSER has 1 sense:
1. German arms manufacturer and inventor of a repeating rifle and pistol (1838-1914)
Familiarity information: VON MAUSER used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
German arms manufacturer and inventor of a repeating rifle and pistol (1838-1914)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Mauser; P. P. von Mauser; Peter Paul Mauser; von Mauser
Instance hypernyms:
arms manufacturer (someone who manufactures arms and munitions)
artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)
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