Mauser
noun
Mauser is a noun meaning “Any of the firearms made or designed by the German company Mauser, notably automatic pistols and bolt action rifles” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled M-A-U-S-E-R and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 3 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of Mauser is Mausers.
What does Mauser mean?
noun
- 1
Any of the firearms made or designed by the German company Mauser, notably automatic pistols and bolt action rifles.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce Mauser?
Mauser has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of Mauser
- Mausers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Mauser?
Mauser appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,808th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Mauser in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense firearm:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Mauser come from?
Named after the original designers, Wilhelm and Paul Mauser.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).