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Noun: Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim
  1. English inventor (born in the United States) who invented the Maxim gun that was used in World War I (1840-1916)
    - Hiram Maxim, Maxim

Type of: artificer, discoverer, inventor

Encyclopedia: Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim

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