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Sten gun
n. a type of lightweight sub-machine-gun.
Etymology: S and T (the initials of the inventors' surnames, Shepherd and Turpin) + -en after BREN

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noun
a lightweight British submachine gun
• Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain
• Hypernyms: ↑submachine gun

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noun
see sten I

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a British light submachine gun.
Also called Sten.
[1940-45; R.V. S(hepherd) + H.J. T(urpin), the designers + En(field), England]

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Sten gun,
a light machine gun of simple design, the standard weapon of British forces in World War II.
╂[< S(heppard) and T(urner), English inventors of the 1900's + En(gland)]

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['sten]
n. a type of lightweight British submachine gun
Origin:
1940s: from the initials of the inventors' surnames, Shepherd and Turpin, suggested by Bren

Useful english dictionary. 2012.