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howitzer definition

how·itzer (ho̵u′it sər)

noun

a short cannon, larger than a mortar, firing shells in a high trajectory

Etymology: Du houvietser < 15th-c. Ger haufenitz < Czech houfnice, howitzer, orig., a sling

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