Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of a series of assault rifles of Soviet design, especially the AK-47.
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- proper noun a particular model of Russian assault rifle.
- proper noun A
transliteration of a Russian surname.
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- noun a type of submachine gun made in Russia
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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They insisted that the word Kalashnikov rang with the many admirable traits they saw in the rifle or the man: quality, reliability, fidelity to nation, and the rest.
The Gun C. J. Chivers 2010
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"The claim about being shot by a Kalashnikov is also total nonsense."
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Magazine One of the trademarks of the Kalashnikov is the reddish plastic magazine.
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Similar uncertainty surrounds the emblem of the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement, or MRTA, which included the image of an assault rifle that is often called a Kalashnikov.
The Gun C. J. Chivers 2010
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Now nearly 60years and perhaps 100 million rifles later, Mikhail Kalashnikov is both ageneral in semiretirement and Moscow's unofficial firearms ambassador to theworld.
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Mikhail Kalashnikov is right - only shooting, shooting and more shooting will produce results.
The Gun Nut Survey: A highly biased, unofficial poll of 2,000 readers on all things shooting 2006
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Mikhail Kalashnikov is right - only shooting, shooting and more shooting will produce results.
The Gun Nut Survey: A highly biased, unofficial poll of 2,000 readers on all things shooting 2006
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Now nearly 60 years and perhaps 100 million rifles later, Mikhail Kalashnikov is both a general in semiretirement and Moscow's unofficial firearms ambassador to the world.
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Mikhail "AK-47" Kalashnikov is flat broke, so he's licensing his name out for use as a branding tool for a line of sleek German consumables.
Boing Boing: February 16, 2003 - February 22, 2003 Archives 2003
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What some have called a Kalashnikov looks to me like a crutch.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Washington Post Editorializes in Praise of Harold Koh’s Drone Statement 2010
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