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Definition of blunderbuss noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

blunderbuss

noun
 
/ˈblʌndəbʌs/
 
/ˈblʌndərbʌs/
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  1. an old type of gun with a wide end
    Word Originmid 17th cent.: alteration (by association with blunder) of Dutch donderbus, literally ‘thunder gun’.
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