Usually means: Small pistol, often concealed easily.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word derringer:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. derringer: Merriam-Webster
  2. derringer: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. derringer: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. derringer: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Derringer, derringer: Wordnik
  6. Derringer, derringer: Wiktionary
  7. derringer: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. derringer: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. derringer: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Derringer, derringer: Dictionary.com
  11. derringer: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Derringer (album), Derringer (disambiguation), Derringer (surname), Derringer: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Derringer: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. derringer: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. derringer: Rhymezone
  16. Derringer: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. derringer: FreeDictionary.org
  18. derringer: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. derringer: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. derringer: Vocabulary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. derringer: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. derringer: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See derringers as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A type of very small, concealable pistol with one or two barrels, but without any loading system or magazine.
noun:  (dated, 1800s) Alternative form of derringer (“pistol”) [A type of very small, concealable pistol with one or two barrels, but without any loading system or magazine.]

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