Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sir_hiram_stevens_maxim
1 sense of sir hiram stevens maxim
Sense 1
Maxim, Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim -- (English inventor (born in the United States) who invented the Maxim gun that was used in World War I (1840-1916))
INSTANCE OF=> inventor, discoverer, artificer -- (someone who is the first to think of or make something)