Maxim

  1. Proper noun.  The Maxim gun, a British machine gun of various calibres used by the British army from 1889 until World War I.
  2. Noun.  (context, now) A self-evident axiom or premise; a pithy expression of a general principle or rule.
  3. Noun.  A precept; a succinct statement or observation of a rule of conduct or moral teaching.

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