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Marine Corps

noun

  1. a branch of the U.S. Armed Forces trained for land, sea, and air combat, typically for land combat in conjunction with an amphibious or airborne landing, and whose commandant is responsible to the secretary of the navy.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Marine Corps1

An Americanism dating back to 1790–1800
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Example Sentences

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The program brought together a Marine Corps band that was dissolved as part of the administration’s purge of diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the military.

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“I belong to the Marine Corps. There’s cliques there. I guarantee if I go to IBM there there’s cliques there.”

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He eventually enlisted in the Marine Corps and was a merchant seaman before pursuing a career in journalism, according to Tucker Carlson’s post.

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A decade later, he did briefly come out of retirement to narrate two documentaries about the history of the US Marine Corps - but otherwise stuck to his plan.

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Most mornings, Sean, a Marine Corps and Air Force veteran who served three times in Iraq and twice in Afghanistan, would wake up with an overwhelming feeling of dread.

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