mitrailleur

Etymology

From the French term mitrailleuse.

Noun

mitrailleur (plural mitrailleurs)

1. (Britain, military, obsolete) A rapid-fire team-served musket or rifle.
2. (Britain, military, obsolete) The person in charge of such a weapon.

Usage notes

Used in the 19th century to refer to the semi-automatic rapid-fire volley guns, coffee mill guns, organ guns and the like, now frequently called hand-cranked machine guns

Pronunciation

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Noun

mitrailleur m (plural mitrailleurs, diminutive mitrailleurtje n)

1. machine-gun

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.tʁɑ.jœʁ/

Noun

mitrailleur m (plural mitrailleurs, feminine mitrailleuse)

1. machine-gunner

Further reading

• “mitrailleur” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).