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gy⋅rene

  [jahy-reen, jahy-reen]
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–noun Slang.
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
Origin:
1920–25; GI + (ma)rine with altered sp.
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gy·rene   (jī-rēn')   
n.   Slang
A member of the U.S. Marine Corps.

[Perhaps alteration of GI1 + (ma)rine.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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