gyrene
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9.9
A person who serves in the United States Marine Corps
- noun
- /dʒɪˈriːn/
- Archaic
:
marinero
- Every gyrene I met during my time in the service shared amazing stories of their experiences.
Examples
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A recon gyrene in an avatar body.
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- Gyrene!
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How can I be anything else with nothing but lousy trees, gyrenes and Japs?
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The gyrene stood tall, proudly wearing his uniform at the military parade.
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After years of hard work, the young gyrene finally earned his promotion to sergeant.
Synonyms
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3.0
A soldier trained to fight on land and at sea in a special military force
is an informal slang term rather than the official service title
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9.9
A person who serves in the United States Marine Corps
has identical slang meaning but uses a different informal word
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8.6
A member of the United States Marine Corps
is a slang term rather than a familiar nickname
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word gyrene is old American slang for a member of the U.S. Marine Corps. One popular story says it comes from mixing G.I. or the word 'guy' with marine, so you can remember a gyrene as a 'G.I. marine', a simple nickname for a Marine.