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blunderbuss (n.)

"short, large-bore gun or firearm with a funnel-shaped muzzle," 1650s, from Dutch donderbus, from donder "thunder" (Middle Dutch doner, donder, from Proto-Germanic *thunaraz; see thunder (n.)) + bus "gun" (originally "box, tube"); altered by resemblance to blunder. Related: Blunderbussier.

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Definitions of blunderbuss from WordNet

blunderbuss (n.)
a short musket of wide bore with a flared muzzle;
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