maxim : Idioms & Phrases
maxim gorki
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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
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noun an obsolete water-cooled machine gun having a single barrel
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sir hiram stevens maxim
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noun English inventor (born in the United States) who invented the Maxim gun that was used in World War I (1840-1916)
Maxim.