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GATLING

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GATLING (noun)
  The noun GATLING has 1 sense:

1. United States inventor of the first rapid firing gun (1818-1903)

  Familiarity information: GATLING used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


GATLING (noun)


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Meaning:

United States inventor of the first rapid firing gun (1818-1903)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Gatling; Richard Jordan Gatling

Instance hypernyms:

artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)


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