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  • Merriam-Webster Dictionary:

    noun

    Etymology: by folk etymology from obsolete Dutch donderbus, from Dutch donder thunder + obsolete Dutch bus gun

    Date: 1654

    1 : a muzzle-loading firearm with a short barrel and flaring muzzle to facilitate loading

    2 : a blundering person

    January 31, 2008