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proverb, saw, adage, byword, saying, maxim, apothegm, paroemia, byspel, sententia | a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people | |
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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) | |
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axiom, maxim | a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits |