"PDW" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: PDWs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} PDW (plural PDWs)
  1. Initialism of personal defense weapon. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: personal defense weapon

Inflected forms

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