magnum

magnum
magnum (n.) 1788, "bottle containing two quarts of wine or spirits," from L. magnum, neuter of magnus "great in size" (see MAGNATE (Cf. magnate)). Registered 1935 by Smith & Wesson Inc., of Springfield, Massachusetts, as the name of a powerful type of handgun.

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