Associations to the word «Mauser»

Wiktionary

MAUSER, proper noun. Any of the firearms made or designed by the German now-defunct Mauser company, notably automatic pistols and bolt action rifles.

Dictionary definition

MAUSER, noun. German arms manufacturer and inventor of a repeating rifle and pistol (1838-1914).
MAUSER, noun. Trademark for a repeating rifle or pistol.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope