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sten gun
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Sten gun [stɛn]
n
(Military) a light 9 mm sub-machine-gun formerly used in the British Army and Commonwealth forces, developed during World War II
[from s and t (initials of Shepherd and Turpin, the inventors) + -en, as in Bren gun]
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Noun1.Sten gun - a lightweight British submachine gun
submachine gun - machine gun that is a portable automatic firearm
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
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Sten gun [ˈstengʌn] N → metralleta f Sten
sten gun
n (Mil) → leichtes Maschinengewehr
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