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MUZZLE LOADER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An obsolete firearm that was loaded through the muzzle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("muzzle loader" is a kind of...):
firearm; piece; small-arm (a portable gun)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "muzzle loader"):
arquebus; hackbut; hagbut; harquebus (an obsolete firearm with a long barrel)
firelock; flintlock (a muzzle loader that had a flintlock type of gunlock)
musket (a muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel; formerly used by infantrymen)
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