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firearm

Translation
firearm
—firearmed, adj.
/fuyeur"ahrm'/, n.
a small arms weapon, as a rifle or pistol, from which a projectile is fired by gunpowder.
[1640-50; FIRE + ARM2]

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Universalium. 2010.

  
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