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Mauser

noun

German arms manufacturer and inventor of a repeating rifle and pistol (1838-1914). Synonyms: P. P. von Mauser, Peter Paul Mauser, von Mauser.

Trademark for a repeating rifle or pistol.

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"Mauser" Quotes from Famous Books

... own life freely exposed himself in his endeavour to 'call up' the guns. Finding, after repeated attempts, that he could not attract their attention, he boldly walked back down the hillside, torn as it was by mauser fire, and personally delivered his message, a glorious and courageous example of that devotion to duty which proved so strongly marked a characteristic of our N.C.O.'s and privates throughout ...

— The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War - With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland • Cecil Francis Romer and Arthur Edward Mainwaring

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