mitrailleuse

[ mee-tra-yœz ]

noun

, French.

, plural mi·trail·leuses [mee-t, r, a, -, yœz].

1. a machine gun.

mitrailleuse

/ ˌmɪtraɪˈɜːz /

noun

1. an early form of breech-loading machine gun having several parallel barrels
2. any French machine gun

Word History and Origins

Origin of mitrailleuse¹

C19: from French, from mitraille small shot, from Old French mistraille pieces of money, from mite ²

Example Sentences

The first of these to be used prominently in warfare was the French mitrailleuse, used by France in the war of 1870-71.

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Even the automobile and auto-mitrailleuse men cannot follow them there.

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My good friend of the auto-mitrailleuse smiled, rose, and buttoned up his coat.

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It was called a mitrailleuse, or a gun for firing grape-shot.

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The words burst out from Sibley like bullets from a mitrailleuse.

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Related Words

• submachine gun