Maxim gun

English

Alternative forms

• Maxim, maxim, maxim gun

Etymology

After the inventor, Sir Hiram Maxim (1840-1916).

Proper noun

Maxim gun

1. (firearms) A British machine gun of various calibres used by the British army from 1889 until World War II.
2. (firearms) A machine gun which derives after some manner from the patented gun mechanism of Sir Hiram Maxim
3. (firearms, informal, obsolete) A machine gun

Coordinate terms

• base-stabilized machine gun
• heavy machine gun
• water-cooled machine gun
• water-jacketed machine gun