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blunderbuss definition

blun·der·buss (-bus′)

noun

  1. Historical a kind of musket with a short barrel, large bore, and a broad, flaring muzzle, accurate only at close range
  2. a person who blunders

Etymology: Du donderbus < donder, thunder + bus, gun (orig., box or tube): altered by assoc. with blunder

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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