Mauser

American

[mau-zer] / ˈmaʊ zər /

noun

Peter Paul, 1838–1914, and his brother, Wilhelm, 1834–82, German inventors of firearms.

Mauser British

/ ˈmaʊzə /

noun

a high-velocity magazine rifle
a type of automatic pistol

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Etymology

Origin of Mauser

C19: named after P. P. von Mauser (1838–1914), German firearms inventor

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After an early version of the script made the rounds online, TMZ got in touch with Tom Mauser, whose son, Daniel, was killed in the 1999 shooting at Columbine High School.

From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2026

One thing to know: Timothée Chalamet stars as ping pong hustler Marty Mauser in this 1950s period piece from director Josh Safdie.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026

Marty Mauser exudes the same confidence that Chalamet demonstrated while collecting his best actor SAG Award this year for playing Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown.

From BBC ● Dec. 16, 2025

Weitzman had made a perfectly reasonable mistake—he spied not a Mauser but a Mannlicher-Carcano, a rifle of Italian provenance with a similar profile and function.

From Slate ● Nov. 22, 2023

Beside him, Bernd loads cartridges into the magazine of his Mauser.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

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