Meanings
nounmitrailleuse (plural mitrailleuses)
plural mitrailleuses
- historicalgovernmentA breech-loading machine gun consisting of a number of barrels fitted together, so arranged that the barrels can be fired simultaneously, or successively, and rapidly.
Origin
- Frenchmitrailleuse
- Englishmitrailleuse
From French mitrailleuse, from mitrailler (“to fire grapeshot”).
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Finnish mitraljöösi, kuularuisku
- mitraljöösirapidly firing breech loading gun with multiple barrels
- kuularuiskurapidly firing breech loading gun with multiple barrels
Greek μυδραλιοβόλο, μυδραλλιοβόλον
- μυδραλιοβόλο (mydraliovólo)rapidly firing breech loading gun with multiple barrels
- μυδραλλιοβόλον (mydralliovólon)rapidly firing breech loading gun with multiple barrels
Russian митралье́за, карте́чница
- митралье́за (mitralʹjéza)rapidly firing breech loading gun with multiple barrels
- карте́чница (kartéčnica)rapidly firing breech loading gun with multiple barrels
Spanish metrallera
- metrallerarapidly firing breech loading gun with multiple barrels
Cite this entry
APA
mitrailleuse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mitrailleuse
MLA
“mitrailleuse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mitrailleuse. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mitrailleuse,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mitrailleuse.
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