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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A .30- or .50-caliber automatic belt-fed, air-cooled or water-cooled machine gun capable of firing ammunition at a rate of more than 500 rounds per minute, used by US troops in World War II and the Korean War.
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- noun a belt-fed machine gun capable of firing more than 500 rounds per minute; used by United States troops in World War II and the Korean War
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After John Moses Browning.]
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