Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
A revolver (gun) (from Colt's Manufacturing Company), associated especially but not exclusively with the American Wild West.
name
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA surname originating as an occupation. · A male given name transferred from the surname. · A town in St. Francis County, Arkansas, United States. · An unincorporated community in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States.
From colt, as a nickname or occupational name for someone who looked after horses and asses. The given name may also be short for Colton. The revolver is named after American inventor Samuel Colt (1814–1862).
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