marine
noun/məˈriːn/
/məˈriːn/
- a soldier who is trained to serve on land or at sea, especially one in the US Marine Corps or the British Royal Marines
- My brother has joined the marines.
Extra ExamplesTopics War and conflictc2- He's in the Marines.
- in the mercantile marine
- to send in the marines
Oxford Collocations DictionaryMarine is used after these nouns:- merchant
Word OriginMiddle English (as a noun in the sense ‘seashore’): from Old French marin, marine, from Latin marinus, from mare ‘sea’.Definitions on the go
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