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noun
- a handgun having a revolving chambered cylinder for holding a number of cartridges, which may be discharged in succession without reloading.
- a person or thing that revolves.
noun
- a pistol having a revolving multichambered cylinder that allows several shots to be discharged without reloading
type of pistol, 1835, agent noun from revolve. So called by U.S. inventor Samuel Colt (1814-1862) for its revolving chamber cylinder.