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JOHN MOSES BROWNING

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JOHN MOSES BROWNING (noun)
  The noun JOHN MOSES BROWNING has 1 sense:

1. United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926)play

  Familiarity information: JOHN MOSES BROWNING used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


JOHN MOSES BROWNING (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Browning; John M. Browning; John Moses Browning

Instance hypernyms:

artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)


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