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Bren (gun) definition

Bren (gun) (bren)

noun

a light, fast, gas-operated machine gun used by the British army in WWII

Etymology: after Br(no), Czechoslovakia, where first made + En(field), England, where manufactured for the Brit army

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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