Word.ws English Dictionary

marine corps

/məˈɹinˌkɔɹ/

marine corps noun: a military organization of marines, soldiers who are trained and equipped to fight on or from ships.

marine corps: a military organization of marines, soldiers who are trained and equipped to fight on or from ships
Image: This image was released by the United States Marine Corps, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Noun (1)

marine corps (plural marine corps)

  1. A military organization of marines, soldiers who are trained and equipped to fight on or from ships.

Proper noun capitalized: Marine Corps

Marine Corps

  1. The United States Marine Corps; one of the major divisions of the US military.
    Synonyms:
    USMC, Marines

Noun (2) capitalized: Marine Corps

Marine Corps (plural Marine Corps)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of marine corps.

marine corps meaning in Hindi, Arabic, Malay and Indonesian

marine corps in Hindi

military organization of marines who are trained and equipped to fight on or from ships
नौसैनिक nausainik

marine corps in Arabic

military organization of marines who are trained and equipped to fight on or from ships
مُشَاة البَحْرِيَّة mušāt al-baḥriyya

marine corps in Malay

military organization of marines who are trained and equipped to fight on or from ships
kor marin

marine corps in Indonesian

military organization of marines who are trained and equipped to fight on or from ships
korps mariner
More languagesFewer languages
marine corps in Vietnamese
thủy quân lục chiến, lính thủy đánh bộ

Synonyms of marine corps

Forms of marine corps

pluralmarine corps
pluralMarine Corps

Questions about marine corps

What does marine corps mean?
Marine corps means a military organization of marines, soldiers who are trained and equipped to fight on or from ships.
What is marine corps in Hindi?
Marine corps in Hindi is नौसैनिक (nausainik). See Marine corps meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is marine corps?
Marine corps can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce marine corps?
Marine corps is pronounced /məˈɹinˌkɔɹ/ (US).
What is the plural of marine corps?
The plural of marine corps is marine corps.

Words near marine corps in the dictionary

  1. marine biology
  2. marine chronometer
  3. marine chronometers
  4. marine climate
  5. marine climates
  6. marine corps
  7. marine engine
  8. marine engineer
  9. marine engineers
  10. marine engines
  11. marine glue

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: marine corps (page history and authors); Marine Corps (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.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: en-us-marine corps.ogg.

Cite this entry: “marine corps.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/marine_corps. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.