Maxim

Other forms: Maxims

Definitions of Maxim
  1. noun
    English inventor (born in the United States) who invented the Maxim gun that was used in World War I (1840-1916)
    synonyms: Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim
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    artificer, discoverer, inventor
    someone who is the first to think of or make something
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