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ma⋅rine

  [muh-reen]
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to the sea; existing in or produced by the sea: marine vegetation.
2. pertaining to navigation or shipping; nautical; naval; maritime.
3. serving on shipboard, as soldiers.
4. of or belonging to the marines.
5. adapted for use at sea: a marine barometer.
–noun
6. a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
7. one of a class of naval troops serving both on shipboard and on land.
8. seagoing ships collectively, esp. with reference to nationality or class; shipping in general.
9. a picture with a marine subject; seascape.
10. naval affairs, or the department of a government, as in France, having to do with such affairs.
—Idioms
11. dead marine, Australian Slang. an empty bottle of beer or spirits.
12. tell it or that to the marines! I don't believe your story; I refuse to be fooled.
Origin:
1325–75; ME maryne < MF marin (fem. marine) < L marīnus of the sea, deriv. of mare sea; see -ine 1
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ma·rine   (mə-rēn')   
adj.  

    1. Of or relating to the sea: marine exploration.

    2. Native to, inhabiting, or formed by the sea: marine animals.

  2. Of or relating to shipping or maritime affairs.

  3. Of or relating to sea navigation; nautical: a marine chart. See Synonyms at nautical.

  4. Of or relating to troops that serve at sea as well as on land, specifically the U.S. Marine Corps.

n.  

    1. A soldier serving on a ship or at a naval installation.

    2. Marine A member of the U.S. Marine Corps.

  2. The mercantile or naval ships or shipping fleet of a country.

  3. The governmental department in charge of naval affairs in some nations.

  4. A painting or photograph of the sea.


[Middle English marin, marine, from Old French, from Latin marīnus, from mare, sea; see mori- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
marine (recruit)

and marine officer
  1. n.
    an empty beer or liquor bottle. (See also dead soldier; dead marine. These expressions are probably meant as derogatory to either marines or officer.) : Every now and then the gentle muttering of the customers was accented by the breaking of a marine as it hit the floor. , There's a marine officer laying in the fireplace.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

marine  (adj.)
c.1420, from M.Fr. marin (fem. marine), from O.Fr. marin, from L. marinus (fem. marina) "of the sea," from mare (gen. maris) "sea," from PIE *mori-/*mari- "body of water, lake." Cognate with O.E. mere "sea, lake, pool, pond," from P.Gmc. *mari. Noun meaning "soldier who serves on a ship" is from 1672, from Fr. marine, from the O.Fr. adj. The noun mariner (c.1290) is earlier and for long was more common than sailor.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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