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Marine

Marine

110 3.0
A soldier trained to fight on land and at sea in a special military force
  • noun
  • /məˈrin/
  • US
translation icon : infante de marina
  • The marines have landed.

Here, Mark Schmitz, the father of Marine Lance Corporal Jared Schmitz.

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Examples

  • After a stint in the marines, he apparently became fascinated by communism.

  • So why did you actually leave the marines?

  • So my my guy knows, says, hey, man, I just met a Marine Lieutenant Colonel retired.

  • You can run, man, I'm gonna make a Marine out of you.

  • I met a former Marine recently named Zach.

  • What's beautiful is that her brother, Paul Simonelli, was a Marine, too, and he served in the Marine Band.

  • In the night the Marines crept up the first hill and took it by storm.

  • Roman Baca is a Marine veteran, and he directs that troupe.

  • He's around forty, with wire-rimmed glasses, a Marine haircut, a slight build, and wearing navy prison overalls.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • My father was a Marine who served in the Gulf War and often shared stories about his experiences.

Synonyms

marine
vsMarine
81 4.4

A soldier trained to fight on land and at sea

means specifically an official member of the US amphibious branch
jarhead
vsMarine
  • NSFW
15 9.9

A person who serves in the United States Marine Corps

refers to an official member of the branch in neutral formal language
leatherneck
vsMarine
  • Jargon
3 8.6

A member of the United States Marine Corps

names the official service member without the informal nickname
devil dog
vsMarine
  • Slang
1 7.2

A member of the United States Marine Corps known for bravery and toughness

denotes the standard service member without implying bravery

Compounds

123 3.6

A part of a country's armed forces trained to fight from ships and planes to land

A part of the US military that fights on land and from ships

An animal that lives in the sea, like a fish or whale

An animal that lives in the sea, like a fish or octopus

A large dark lizard that lives on Galapagos shores and eats seaweed

A branch of the United States military that fights from ships and goes ashore

1 5.1

People who work on a country's commercial ships rather than in the navy

marine law
  • Specialized
1 5.3

Rules that control activities at sea, including shipping and fishing

marine archeology
  • Specialized
1 6.2

The study of human history under water, for example sunken ships

marine engineer
  • Specialized
1 4.2

A person who operates and fixes a ship's engines and other machines on board

A waterproof material that sticks things together on boats or in water

marine mine
  • Specialized
7.7

An underwater bomb placed to damage or sink ships

A sea animal with two shells that clings to rocks or other hard surfaces

A living thing from the sea kept for study or museum display

A large sea animal with a hard shell and flippers that lives in warm oceans

marine benthos
  • Specialized
7.9

Plants and animals that live on or near the bottom of the sea

A US Marine Corps unit that gathers and gives information for Marine missions worldwide

A country's commercial ships used to carry goods or passengers, not military ships

How Senior

officer
2.4
sergeant
422 3.9
Marine
  • US
110 3.0
corporal
  • Specialized
450 4.3
private
76 3.7
recruit
149 3.6

Surface Forms

marine singular
marines plural

Etymology

Marine comes from the old Latin word marinus, which means 'of the sea' and is like the word mariner, which means 'sailor'. So, a Marine is a soldier linked to the sea who is trained to serve on ships and on land.