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Parabellum (n.)
proprietary name for a type of automatic firearm, 1904 (Mauser & Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken), from Latin phrase
si vis pacem, para bellum
, from
para
, imperative of
parare
"to prepare" (see
para-
(2)) +
bellum
"war" (see
bellicose
).