US Marine Corps
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- proper noun
- /juː ɛs mɜːrɪn kɔːrz/
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Cuerpo de Marines de los EE. UU.
- Light Records will also partner with Toys for Tots (in most cities) to host a toy drive on behalf of the US Marine Corps national program.
- US Marine Corps Captain
- US Marine Corps, Retired
- Former US Marine Corps
Critically, a tan leather knife sheath stamped with the US Marine Corps Insignia was found lying next to Maddie Morgan's bed.
- Critically, a tan leather knife sheath stamped with the US Marine Corps Insignia was found lying next to Maddie Morgan's bed.
Examples
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Thanks for the US Army, the US Navy, and the US Marine Corps.
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Colonel Frank Fitts, US Marine Corps.
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Before that, I worked in concrete construction, and before that, I served in the US Marine Corps.
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And I flew these for the US Marine Corps in Vietnam.
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And I flew for the US Marine Corps in Vietnam, went down three times, lost a lot of friends.
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After three years in the US Marine Corps, he worked as a newspaper man in Dallas and then migrated to television news.
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In US Marine Corps basic training, trainees are not even allowed to refer to themselves by their given names, but simply accept the name "marine." (n11)
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He has served in both the US Marine Corps (1996-2001) and the US Army (2001-2004), and currently serves on the Hamblen County Commission.
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Many veterans of the US Marine Corps emphasize the importance of teamwork during their training and operations.
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The US Marine Corps conducts rigorous exercises to prepare for various amphibious operations.
Synonyms
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3.6
A part of a country's armed forces trained to fight from ships and planes to land
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A branch of the United States armed forces trained to fight on land and from ships
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3.1
A part of the US military that fights on land and from ships
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A branch of the United States military that trains to fight from ships and beaches
A group of soldiers trained to fight at sea and on land, often during beach landings
Surface Forms
Morphology
The name 'US Marine Corps' is directly compositional: 'US' (United States) + 'Marines' (amphibious military force) + 'corps' (large military unit/branch). A B1 learner who knows these constituents can infer it refers to the United States' branch of marines specializing in amphibious operations, and the country+branch naming pattern is cross-linguistically common.
Etymology
US Marine Corps gets its name from marine, meaning 'from the sea', because these soldiers were trained to fight from ships and land reached by sea. The word corps means a 'group' or 'body' of people, so the name shows a group of soldiers who operate from the sea, which is why it refers to this branch of the armed forces.