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blunderbuss
The blunderbuss is a muzzle-loading firearm with a short, large caliber barrel, which is flared at the muzzle and frequently throughout the entire bore, and used with shot and other projectiles of relevant quantity or caliber. The blunderbuss could be considered to be an early form of shotgun, which was often adapted to military and defensive use. It was effective at short ranges, but lacked accuracy for targets at long range. The term dragon was used to describe a blunderbuss in handgun form, and it is from this that the term dragoon evolved.
==Etymology==
The term "blunderbuss" is of Dutch origin, from the Dutch word ''donderbus'', which is a combination of ''donder'', meaning "thunder", and ''bus'', meaning "Pipe" (Middle Dutch: ''busse'', box, tube, from Late Latin, ''buxis'', box,〔 from Ancient Greek ''pyxίs'' (πυξίς), box: esp. from boxwood).
The transition from ''donder'' to ''blunder'' is thought by some to be deliberate; the term ''blunder'' was originally used in a transitive sense, synonymous with ''to confuse'', and this is thought to describe the stunningly loud report of the large bore, short barreled blunderbuss.〔 The term ''dragon'' is taken from the fact that early versions were decorated with a carving in the form of a mythical dragon's head around the muzzle; the muzzle blast would then give the impression of a fire-breathing dragon.〔
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