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AK-47

[ ey-key-fawr-tee-sev-uhn ]
/ ˈeɪˈkeɪˈfɔr tiˈsɛv ən /
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noun
a Soviet-designed, gas-operated, magazine-fed assault rifle with a caliber of 7.62 millimeters, used for automatic or semiautomatic fire.Compare AR-15, M16.
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Origin of AK-47

First recorded in 1947; from Russian A(vtomat) K(alashnikova), automatic gun of Kalashnikov, after Mikhail Timofeevich Kalashnikov (1919–2013), Soviet arms engineer

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British Dictionary definitions for AK-47

AK-47

noun
a type of Kalashnikov assault rifle

Word Origin for AK-47

C20: from A ( utomat ) K ( alashnikov )
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