marines
marines is the plural of marine.
marines is the alternative form of marine corps.
marines is the third-person singular simple present indicative of marine.
Meaning of marine
Noun
marine (plural marines)
- A soldier, normally a member of a marine corps, trained to serve on board or from a ship.
- He was a marine in World War II.
- A marine corps.
- He fought with the Marines in World War II.
- A painting representing some marine subject.
- Any fleet of ships (commercial, military, or both).
- Synonyms:
- navy
Meaning of marine corps
Noun
marine corps (plural marine corps)
- A military organization of marines, soldiers who are trained and equipped to fight on or from ships.
- Synonyms:
- naval infantry, marines
Proper noun capitalized: Marines
Marines
- The United States Marine Corps.
- Synonyms:
- USMC, Marine Corps
Noun capitalized: Marines
Marines (uncountable)
- Alternative form of marines.
- Alternative form of marine corps.
Synonyms of marines
Phrases with marines
Words that rhyme with marines
- beans
- greens
- teens
- leans
- means
- -enes
- by no means
- campfire beans
- cool beans
- figurines
- gleans
- intervenes
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Questions about marines
- What does marines mean?
- Marines means the United States Marine Corps.
- What is marines the plural of?
- Marines is the plural of marine.
- What part of speech is marines?
- Marines can be a proper noun or a noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: marines (page history and authors); Marines (page history and authors); marine (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.
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