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  • noun Plural form of marine.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun members of a body of troops trained to serve on land or at sea

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Examples

  • That if we don't straighten up we are going to be like those marines from the dying world.

    ‘Avatar’ Leaves Some Fans Feeling Legitimately Blue » MTV Movies Blog 2010

  • At each, I was greeted by marines from the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, whom I had last seen during the 2004 battle for Fallujah.

    The First Test of the Surge 2007

  • At each, I was greeted by marines from the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, whom I had last seen during the 2004 battle for Fallujah.

    The First Test of the Surge 2007

  • Butler gave the signal to attack and marines from the 15th Company poured through the breach, engaged the Cacos in hand-to-hand combat, took the bastion and crushed the Caco resistance.

    Think Progress » Right Wing Swiftboats Generals Who Called on Rumsfeld to Resign 2006

  • ONLY very brave men or fools without any knowledge of modern shell fire could have fired upon our sailors and marines from the Naval School.

    With Funston's Men 1914

  • I saw three or four of our jollies -- as we called the marines -- drop while firing away from the forecastle.

    Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

  • A special unit of marines from the Dutch frigate Tromp had arrested the pirates on April 5 in a spectacular operation in the Gulf of Aden, about 500 miles (800 kilometers) east of Somalia.

    APA 2010

  • I chose the skate name Devil Dog because I’m a former marine, and that was the nickname for marines in World War II.

    Rollergirl Melissa Joulwan 2007

  • I chose the skate name Devil Dog because I’m a former marine, and that was the nickname for marines in World War II.

    Rollergirl Melissa Joulwan 2007

  • I chose the skate name Devil Dog because I’m a former marine, and that was the nickname for marines in World War II.

    Rollergirl Melissa Joulwan 2007

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