mitrailleur
English
Etymology
From the French term mitrailleuse.
Noun
mitrailleur (plural mitrailleurs)
- (UK, military, obsolete) A rapid-fire team-served musket or rifle.
- (UK, military, obsolete) The person in charge of such a weapon.
Usage notes
Used in the 19th century to refer to the semi-automatic rapid-fire volley guns, coffee mill guns, organ guns and the like, now frequently called hand-cranked machine guns
Synonyms
- battery gun (American English)
Hyponyms
- Gatling gun
Related terms
- mitraille
- mitraillade
- mitrailleuse
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French mitrailleur (“machine-gunner”), the different meaning is perhaps influenced by fusil-mitrailleur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌmi.treːˈjøːr/, (less common) /ˌmi.traːi̯ˈjøːr/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: mi‧trail‧leur
- Rhymes: -øːr
Noun
mitrailleur m (plural mitrailleurs, diminutive mitrailleurtje n)
- machine-gun [from mid 19th c.]
Synonyms
- machinegeweer
Derived terms
- mitrailleurgeweer
- mitrailleursnest
- mitrailleurvuur
Related terms
- mitrailleren
- mitrailleuse
Descendants
- → Indonesian: mitraliur
- → West Frisian: mitrailleur
French
Etymology
mitrailler + -eur
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi.tʁa.jœʁ/, /mi.tʁɑ.jœʁ/
Audio (file)
Noun
mitrailleur m (plural mitrailleurs, feminine mitrailleuse)
- machine-gunner
Further reading
- “mitrailleur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.