Luger (Noun)

Meaning ¹

Someone who races the luge.

Classification

Nouns denoting people.

Synonyms

• Slider

Meaning ²

A German semiautomatic pistol.

Classification

Nouns denoting man-made objects.

Examples

• The Luger was a popular sidearm among German military officers during World War I and World War II.
• The pistol thatBond faced was a Luger P08 with a magazine containing eight 9mm rounds.
• The Luger pistol was a prestige item and much sought-after souvenir by Allied soldiers.
• Private Johnson had liberated a German officer's Luger pistol during the battle of Normandy.
• The Walther P38 began replacing the Luger as the standard German sidearm in the late 1930s, but it remained in use until the end of the war.

Hypernyms

• Semiautomatic