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devil dog

devil dog noun: a US marine.

Noun

devil dog (plural devil dogs)

  1. (slang) A US marine.
    Synonyms:
    jarhead, leatherneck

devil dog meaning in Bengali

devil dog in Bengali

মার্কিন মেরিন

Synonyms of devil dog

Forms of devil dog

pluraldevil dogs

Origin of devil dog

Calque of German Teufelshund (“hound of Hell”, literally “Devil's hound”).

Questions about devil dog

What does devil dog mean?
Devil dog means a US marine.
What is devil dog in Bengali?
Devil dog in Bengali is মার্কিন মেরিন. See Devil dog meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is devil dog?
Devil dog is a noun.
What is the plural of devil dog?
The plural of devil dog is devil dogs.

Words near devil dog in the dictionary

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  3. devil devils
  4. devil dodger
  5. devil dodgers
  6. devil dog
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  9. devil frog
  10. devil frogs
  11. devil grass

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Adapted from Wiktionary: devil dog (page history and authors); devil dog (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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