breechloader
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Definition of breechloader
: a firearm that loads at the breech The first really satisfactory American breechloader was developed at Harpers Ferry by Christian Sharps, whose superior gun helped make the word sharpshooter a common American noun. —Bernard Brodie and Fawn M. Brodie — compare muzzleloader
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