1. English inventor (born in the United States) who invented the Maxim gun that was used in World War I (1840-1916); [syn: Maxim, Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim
n 1: English inventor (born in the United States) who invented
the Maxim gun that was used in World War I (1840-1916)
[syn: Maxim, Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim]