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Definition of "revolver" []

  • A pistol having a revolving cylinder with several cartridge chambers that may be fired in succession. (noun)
  • One that revolves, as a part of a mechanism. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "revolver" in a sentence
  • "ANYONE possessing a Bruni Olympic .380 BBM revolver is being urged to hand it in to the Dorset Police before June 4 or face a five-year prison sentence."
  • "The Pfeifer single-action revolver is chambered for the .600 Nitro Express cartridge."
  • "Yes | No | Report from ghost-op defense wrote 37 weeks 5 days ago definatly a colt anaconda (.357 mag) in revolver form"