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chassepot

chassepot noun: a kind of breechloading, centre-fire rifle.

Noun

chassepot (plural chassepots)

  1. A kind of breechloading, centre-fire rifle.

Forms of chassepot

pluralchassepots

Origin of chassepot

Surname of the French inventor, Antoine Alphonse Chassepot.

Questions about chassepot

What does chassepot mean?
Chassepot means a kind of breechloading, centre-fire rifle.
What part of speech is chassepot?
Chassepot is a noun.
What is the plural of chassepot?
The plural of chassepot is chassepots.

Words near chassepot in the dictionary

  1. chasseing
  2. Chasselas
  3. Chasselases
  4. chasseneh
  5. Chasseneuil-du-Poitou
  6. chassepot
  7. chassepots
  8. chasses
  9. chasseur
  10. chasseurs
  11. Chassid

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