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ma·rine

   [muh-reen]
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, especially 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.

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Idioms
11.
dead marine, Australian Slang. an empty bottle of beer or spirits.
12.
tell it/that to the marines! I don't believe your story; I refuse to be fooled.
Origin:
1325–75; Middle English maryne < Middle French marin (feminine marine) < Latin marīnus of the sea, derivative of mare sea; see -ine1

Related forms
in·ter·ma·rine, adjective
non·ma·rine, adjective, noun
sem·i·ma·rine, adjective, noun
su·per·ma·rine, adjective
un·ma·rine, adjective
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Word Origin & History

marine
early 15c., 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
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1670s, from Fr. marine, from the O.Fr. adjective.
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Science Dictionary
marine   (mə-rēn')  Pronunciation Key 

  1. Relating to the sea.

  2. Relating to a system of open-ocean and unprotected coastal habitats, characterized by exposure to wave action, tidal fluctuation, and ocean currents and by the absence of trees, shrubs, or emergent vegetation. Water in the marine system is at or near the full salinity of seawater. Compare lacustrine, palustrine, riverine.


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Slang Dictionary

marine (recruit) definition


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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marines

see tell it to the marines.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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