maxim : Idioms & Phrases


maxim gorki

  • noun Russian writer of plays and novels and short stories; noted for his depiction of social outcasts
    Gorky; Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov; Aleksey Maximovich Peshkov; Maksim Gorky; Gorki.
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maxim gun

  • noun an obsolete water-cooled machine gun having a single barrel
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sir hiram stevens maxim

  • noun English inventor (born in the United States) who invented the Maxim gun that was used in World War I (1840-1916)
    Maxim.
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