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CARBINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Light automatic rifle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("carbine" is a kind of...):
rifle (a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore)
Derivation:
carabineer (a soldier (historically a mounted soldier) who is armed with a carbine)
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