What is the name meaning of PISTOL. Phrases containing PISTOL
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Boy/Male
Shakespearean
King Henry IV, Part 2' An irregular humorist. In Henry V, Pistol is a soldier in the King's army....
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Boy/Male
Hindu
Girl/Female
Hindu
Flowered
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Lord Hanuman
Girl/Female
Tamil
Musical instrument
Boy/Male
Hindu
Another name of Arjun
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim, Sindhi
Worthy; Deserving; Capable; Decent
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Telugu
Doctor of Gods
Boy/Male
Latin
Founder of Troy.
Boy/Male
French
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Old French dars ‘dace’; a nickname for someone thought to resemble the fish of this name, or a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman or fish seller.
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n.
The name of certain gold coins of various values formerly coined in some countries of Europe. In Spain it was equivalent to a quarter doubloon, or about $3.90, and in Germany and Italy nearly the same. There was an old Italian pistole worth about $5.40.
n.
One who, or that which, revolves; specifically, a firearm ( commonly a pistol) with several chambers or barrels so arranged as to revolve on an axis, and be discharged in succession by the same lock; a repeater.
n.
A leather case for a pistol, carried by a horseman at the bow of his saddle.
n.
The internal cylindrical cavity of a gun, cannon, pistol, or other firearm, or of a pipe or tube.
n.
A pistol or other firearm which can be fired six times without reloading especially, a six-chambered revolver.
v. t.
A small piece of metal, fixed or movable, on the breech, muzzle, center, or trunnion of a gun, or on the breech and the muzzle of a rifle, pistol, etc., by means of which the eye is guided in aiming.
v. t.
Sound; noise; as, the report of a pistol or cannon.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Pistol
v. t.
A plate of metal, beneath the stock, or the lock frame, of a gun or pistol, having a loop, called a bow, to protect the trigger.
imp. & p. p.
of Pistol
n.
A missile, usually of lead, and round or elongated in form, to be discharged from a rifle, musket, pistol, or other small firearm.
v. i.
To become reduced in diameter, or changed in shape, by passing from a larger to a smaller part of the bore of the barrel; -- said of a bullet when fired from a gun, pistol, or other firearm.
n.
A pistol shot.
n.
The smallest firearm used, intended to be fired from one hand, -- now of many patterns, and bearing a great variety of names. See Illust. of Revolver.
a.
To aim, point, or direct, as a weapon; as, to present a pistol or the point of a sword to the breast of another.
v. t.
To shoot with a pistol.
n.
A firearm, esp. a pistol, with seven barrels or chambers for cartridges, or one capable of firing seven shots without reloading.
n.
One who uses a pistol.
n.
A small pistol.
n.
One of a kind of light cavalry of Tartaric origin, first introduced into European armies in Poland. They are armed with lances, pistols, and sabers, and are employed chiefly as skirmishers.