Marine Definition
A member of the United States Marine Corps.
- shipboard soldier
- leatherneck
- devil-dog
Other Word Forms of Marine
Noun
Origin of Marine
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Recorded since c.1420, from Middle French marin, from Old French, from Latin marinus (“of the sea"), itself from mare (“sea"), from Proto-Indo-European *móri (“body of water, lake") (cognate with Old English mere (“sea, lake, pool, pond"), Dutch meer, German Meer, all from Proto-Germanic *mari).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English marin, marine from Old French from Latin marīnus from mare sea mori- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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