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GATLING
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• GATLING (noun)
The noun GATLING has 1 sense:
1. United States inventor of the first rapid firing gun (1818-1903)
Familiarity information: GATLING used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States inventor of the first rapid firing gun (1818-1903)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Gatling; Richard Jordan Gatling
Instance hypernyms:
artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)
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