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leathernecks

leathernecks is the plural of leatherneck.

Meaning of leatherneck

Noun

leatherneck (plural leathernecks)

  1. (slang) A soldier.
  2. (US) Specifically, a marine.
    • The Marine Corps has instituted a martial-arts program in which leathernecks are indoctrinated in a new code of honor, the Ethical Marine Warrior.2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 318

Questions about leathernecks

What is leathernecks the plural of?
Leathernecks is the plural of leatherneck.

Words near leathernecks in the dictionary

  1. leathermen
  2. leathern
  3. leathern conveniencies
  4. leathern conveniency
  5. leatherneck
  6. leathernecks
  7. Leatheroid
  8. Leatheroids
  9. leatherpeople
  10. leatherperson
  11. leathers

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