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pistolet

/ˈpɪstəlɪt/

pistolet noun: a small pistol.

Noun

pistolet (plural pistolets)

  1. A small pistol.
    • Pistolets are the best artillereea. 1631 (date written), J[ohn] Donne, “Satire II”, in Poems, […] with Elegies on the Authors Death, London: […] M[iles] F[lesher] for Iohn Marriot, […], published 1633, →OCLC
    • The Pistolet is his own1623 (first performance), John Fletcher, William Rowley, “The Maid in the Mill”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647...

Forms of pistolet

pluralpistolets

Origin of pistolet

From French pistolet. Ultimately from Czech píšťala (“whistle”).

Questions about pistolet

What does pistolet mean?
Pistolet means a small pistol.
What part of speech is pistolet?
Pistolet is a noun.
How do you pronounce pistolet?
Pistolet is pronounced /ˈpɪstəlɪt/.
What is the plural of pistolet?
The plural of pistolet is pistolets.

Words near pistolet in the dictionary

  1. pistole
  2. pistoled
  3. pistoleer
  4. pistoleers
  5. pistoles
  6. pistolet
  7. pistolets
  8. pistolette
  9. pistolettes
  10. pistolgram
  11. pistolgrams

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