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Parabellum|pærəˈbɛləm|
Also parabellum.
[f. L. parā imp. of parāre to prepare + bellum war (see quot. 1970).]
The proprietary name of a make of automatic pistol or machine-gun. Also attrib.
1904[see Luger]. 1918E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 432 Parabellum Gun, a German aëroplane gun of small caliber. It has a belt of cartridges which contains not less than a thousand projectiles. 1924Blackw. Mag. Feb. 157/1 The vessel..carried two old-pattern Maxims and a German Parabellum, mounted for anti-aircraft fire. 1962E. Ambler Light of Day ii. 46 Six Parabellum pistols. 1970R. A. Steindler Firearms Dict. 165 Based on the Latin ‘Si vis pacem, para bellum’ (‘If you want peace, prepare for war.’),..the word Parabellum is the protected tradename of Mauser & D.W.M. 1973J. Wainwright Pride of Pigs 127 A German gun..Official title—the German parabellum P'08, military automatic pistol{ddd}the Luger. 1974S. Gulliver Vulcan Bulletins 18 The 9mm jacketed Parabellum rounds used in..Stens and Sterlings. |