Maxim

The English word “Maxim” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

The Maxim gun, a British machine gun of various calibres used by the British army from 1889 until World War I.
Any machine gun that derives from the design pattern of Maxim's patented design
A machine gun

* (machine guns): After the inventor Sir Hiram Maxim (1840-1916).

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