Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗name
A male given name from Latin. · A surname from French or from Dutch [in turn transferred from the given name, in turn from Latin].
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventorySynonym of Maxim gun.
* As a given name, from Latin Maximus (“greatest”), superlative of magnus (“great”). Borne by several early Christian saints. * As a French or Dutch surname, from the given name. * For the machine gun, named after American and British inventor Hiram Maxim (1840–1916).
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