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English Dictionary: Marine Corps by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Marine Corps
n
  1. an amphibious division of the United States Navy [syn: United States Marine Corps, United States Marines, Marine Corps, US Marine Corps, USMC]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Marine \Ma*rine"\, a. [L. marinus, fr. mare the sea: cf. F.
      marin. See {Mere} a pool.]
      1. Of or pertaining to the sea; having to do with the ocean,
            or with navigation or naval affairs; nautical; as, marine
            productions or bodies; marine shells; a marine engine.
  
      2. (Geol.) Formed by the action of the currents or waves of
            the sea; as, marine deposits.
  
      {Marine acid} (Chem.), hydrochloric acid. [Obs.]
  
      {Marine barometer}. See under {Barometer}.
  
      {Marine corps}, a corps formed of the officers,
            noncommissioned officers, privates, and musicants of
            marines.
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