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Mauser

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See also: máuser

English

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Etymology

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Named after the original designers, Wilhelm and Paul Mauser.

Noun

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Mauser (plural Mausers)

  1. Any of the firearms made or designed by the German company Mauser, notably automatic pistols and bolt action rifles.
    • 2019, Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King, Canongate Books (2020), page 101:
      The war has begun, confrontations are escalating across the region, and all his men own are old Mausers.

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German mūze, from Old High German mūzōn (change, transform), from Medieval Latin muta, from Latin mutare (change, transform).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [maʊ̯zɐ]
  • Hyphenation: Mau‧ser

Noun

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Mauser f (genitive Mauser, plural Mausern)

  1. moult (the process in which a bird’s plumage renews).

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Proper noun

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Mauser m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Mausers or (with an article) Mauser, feminine genitive Mauser, plural Mausers or Mauser)

  1. a surname

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