Mauser

See also: máuser

English

Etymology

Named after the original designers, Wilhelm and Paul Mauser.

Noun

Mauser (plural Mausers)

  1. Any of the firearms made or designed by the German company Mauser, notably automatic pistols and bolt action rifles.
    • 2019, Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King, Canongate Books (2020), page 101:
      The war has begun, confrontations are escalating across the region, and all his men own are old Mausers.

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German mūze, from Old High German mūzōn (“change, transform”), from Medieval Latin muta, from Latin mutare (“change, transform”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [maʊ̯zɐ]
  • Hyphenation: Mau‧ser

Noun

Mauser f (genitive Mauser, plural Mausern)

  1. moult (the process in which a bird’s plumage renews).

Declension
Declension of Mauser [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Mauser die Mausern
genitive einer der Mauser der Mausern
dative einer der Mauser den Mausern
accusative eine die Mauser die Mausern

Derived terms

Proper noun

Mauser m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Mausers or (with an article) Mauser, feminine genitive Mauser, plural Mausers or Mauser)

  1. a surname

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