Kalashnikov
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Kalashnikov
C20: named after Mikhail Kalashnikov (born 1919), its designer
Example Sentences
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In October 2023, Manunya tattooed a Kalashnikov assault rifle onto the forearm of a colleague.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
In the station concourse a young soldier with a Kalashnikov slung across his back was hugging his girlfriend before she left to go west and he went back to his unit.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
Moran's president, Vyacheslav Kalashnikov, is a retired FSB lieutenant colonel, according to the Warsaw Institute, a Polish think tank.
From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026
Borisov is already well-known in Russia, having won a Golden Eagle award for the 2020 film “AK-47,” in which he played Mikhail Kalashnikov, inventor of the well-known assault rifle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2025
We’d been praying for someone to stand up to Fazlullah and his men with their black turbans and Kalashnikov rifles.
From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai
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