BLUNDERBUSS


Meaning of BLUNDERBUSS in English

noun Etymology: by folk etymology from obsolete Dutch donderbus, from Dutch donder thunder + obsolete Dutch bus gun Date: 1654 a muzzle-loading firearm with a short barrel and flaring muzzle to facilitate loading, a blundering person

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