Browning automatic rifle

noun

a portable .30 caliber automatic rifle operated by gas pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine; used by United States troops in World War I and in World War II and in the Korean War

• Syn: ↑BAR

• Hypernyms: ↑automatic rifle, ↑automatic, ↑machine rifle

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noun

Usage: usually capitalized B

: a gas-operated air-cooled portable automatic machine rifle fed from a magazine and mechanically capable of firing 200 to 350 rounds a minute — see rifle illustration

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an air-cooled, fully automatic rifle capable of firing 200 to 350 rounds per minute. Abbr.: BAR

[1900-05; named after J. M. BROWNING]

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Browning automatic rifle,

an air-cooled, gas-operated rifle that loads and fires from a magazine at a maximum rate of 200 to 350 rounds per minute.

╂[< John M. Browning, 1855-1926, an American inventor]