Meanings
nounMauser (plural Mausers)
plural Mausers
- Any of the firearms made or designed by the German company Mauser, notably automatic pistols and bolt action rifles.
The war has begun, confrontations are escalating across the region, and all his men own are old Mausers.
2019, Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King, Canongate Books (2020), page 101
Origin
Named after the original designers, Wilhelm and Paul Mauser.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Basque mauser
- mauserfirearm
Chinese Mandarin 毛瑟槍 /毛瑟枪
- 毛瑟槍 /毛瑟枪 (máosèqiāng)firearm
Dutch Mauser
- Mauserfirearm
Finnish mauseri, mauserpistooli
- mauserifirearm
- mauserpistoolifirearm
French Mauser
- Mauserfirearm
German Mauser
- Mauserfirearm
Japanese モーゼル
- モーゼル (mōzeru)firearm
Polish mauzer
- mauzerfirearm
Russian ма́узер
- ма́узер (máuzer)firearm
Spanish máuser
- máuserfirearm
Turkish mavzer
- mavzerfirearm
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Cite this entry
APA
Mauser. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mauser
MLA
“Mauser.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mauser. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mauser,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mauser.
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