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revolver

[ ri-vol-ver ]

noun

  1. a handgun having a revolving revolving chambered cylinder for holding a number of cartridges, which may be discharged in succession without reloading.
  2. a person or thing that revolves.


revolver

/ ɪˈɒə /

noun

  1. a pistol having a revolving multichambered cylinder that allows several shots to be discharged without reloading
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of revolver1

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35; revolve + -er 1
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He’d been shot in the face with a revolver that left no shell casings.

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Police say the gunman used a revolver which was smuggled in a hollowed-out book by a female suspect, who remains at large.

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Baldwin, the lead actor and co-producer of the film, was pointing a gun when the revolver went off, killing the cinematographer and wounding director Joel Souza.

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Police also found a loaded black Turkish Ozkursan revolver in the warehouse.

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No witness at the trial testified to observing Biden using drugs in the days after purchasing the Colt Cobra revolver.

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