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‖ mitrailleur|mitrɑjœr|
[Fr., agent-n. f. mitrailler to fire mitraille (see mitraille v.). In Littré only in sense 2.]
1. = mitrailleuse 1. Also, see quot. 18762.
1869Fosbery in Jrnl. R. United Serv. Instit. XIII. 540 Mitrailleur, the term I have adopted in the title of this paper, perhaps best of all expresses what is intended, namely, a weapon producing a hail storm of comparatively small projectiles. 1876Voyle & Stevenson Milit. Dict. (ed. 3) s.v. Mitrailleur, The Nobel mitrailleur is the one used in the Russian army. It is a ten-barrelled gun on the Gatling system. Ibid., Mr. Hale..has invented a mitrailleur which fires five rockets at a time. 1883Pall Mall G. 15 Sept. 1/2 The French mitrailleuse was only an adaptation of the Montigny mitrailleur.
2. One who works a mitrailleuse. rare—o.
1890in Century Dict. |