Definitions for maxim

Overview of noun maxim

The noun maxim has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (1) maxim, axiom

(a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits)

2. 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))