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MARINES

"MARINES" is a plural of: marine.

Date "MARINES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: MARINES

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Literature

Marines (2 syl.). Empty bottles. The marines were at one time looked down upon by the regular seamen, who considered them useless, like empty bottles. A marine officer was once dining at a mess-table, when the Duke of York said to the man in waiting, "Here, take away these marines." The officer demanded an explanation, when the duke replied, "They have done their duty, and are prepared to do it again."
Tell that to the marines. Tell that to greenhorns, and not to men who know better. Marines are supposed by sailors to be so green that they will swallow the most extravagant story.
"Tell that to the marines, the sailors won't believe it."- Sir W. Scott: Redgauntlet, chap. xiii. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Marine

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Marines compose a branch of a country's navy, often designated a corps rather than a service. Marines are naval infantry, specialising in fighting on ships and conducting amphibious assaults.

Note that some countries do not differentiate branches of their armed forces, as Israeli Defense Forces, Canadian Armed Forces.

See also

The Deutsche Marine is the modern German navy.

The Royal Netherlands Navy is called Koninklijke Marine in Dutch, not to be confused with the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps (also called Dutch Marine Corps, in Dutch Korps Mariniers), which is part of it.

Marine is also a general term for things relating to the ocean, as with Marine biology, Marine geology, etc.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Marine."

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Marine (StarCraft)

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The marine, a fictional unit in the computer strategy game StarCraft, also goes by the name Armored Infantry Trooper.

Marines can use from Stim packss.

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Royal Marines

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The Royal Marines are the United Kingdom's amphibious forces and a component of their Rapid Reaction Force. The first unit of English naval infantry, the "Admiral's Regiment," formed on October 28, 1664, and the name "Marines" first appeared in official records in 1672. However, the naval infantry remained a part of the Army until 1755, when "His Majesty's Marine Forces," fifty companies in three divisions, headquartered at Chatham, Portsmouth, and Plymouth, were formed under Admiralty control. In 1802, they were titled the "Royal Marines."

The "Royal Marine Artillery" were formed as a separate unit in 1804. In 1855, the naval infantry forces were renamed the "Royal Marines, Light Infantry" and in 1862 the name was slightly altered to "Royal Marine Light Infantry." It was not until 1923 that the separate artillery and light infantry forces were formally amalgamated into the "Corps of Royal Marines."

During World War II the Marine's infantry battalions were reorganised as Commandos from 1942 to join the Army Commandos. In 1946 the Army Commandos were disbanded, leaving the Royal Marines to continue the Commando role (with supporting Army elements).

Training

All Royal Marines, except those in the Royal Marines Band Service, are Commando soldiers, trained to work in all terrains and environments. They undergo a long and demanding infantry training regime at the Commando Training Centre Royal Marines at Lympstone, Devonshire. Most basic training is carried out on the rugged, inhospitable terrain of Dartmoor; other training areas include the Middle East for "hot, arid" conditions, Belize or Brunei for "humid jungle," or Scotland and Norway for "cold mountainous" conditions.

The culmination of the training is the Commando Course, a series of tests which have remained virtually unchanged since World War II. Until a Royal Marine has passed his Commando Course he can wear neither the Green Beret nor the Royal Marines Commando flash on his uniform.

After basic training, a Royal Marine will be selected for specialist training, and possibly for the Special Forces with the Special Boat Service. Upon completion of that training, a Commando will normally join a unit of 3 Commando Brigade. There are three Royal Marines Commando infantry units in the Brigade: 40 Commando located at Norton Manor near Taunton in Somerset, 42 Commando at Bickleigh, near Plymouth, Devon, and 45 Commando at Arbroath on the east coast of Scotland.

Organization

Royal Marines are organized around four-man fire team. Until recently, they were structured similarly to Army battalions, but beginning in the 1990s, Commando units were reorganised to meet the new challenges present after the end of the Cold War, and no longer resemble the Army.

The Amphibious Ready Group is a highly mobile, balanced amphibious force at sea, based on a Commando Group and its supporting assets, that can be kept at high readiness to deploy forward into an area of likely contingency operations. The Amphibious Ready Group is normally based around specialist amphibious shipping, most notably HMS Ocean, the largest ship in the fleet. Ocean was designed and built to accommodate an embarked Commando unit and its associated stores and equipment. The Amphibious Ready Group is designed to wait beyond the horizon and move swiftly as directed by HM Government. The concept was successfully tested in operations in Sierra Leone.

The Headquarters of 3 Commando Brigade is based in Plymouth and it was from there that the Brigade was mounted out during the Falklands War of 1982. The Commando Brigade not only consists of Royal Marines units, but also of the essential combat support elements provided by the Army, most notably 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery (based in Plymouth) and 59 Independent Commando Squadron Royal Engineers (based in Barnstaple). These units provide the specialist artillery and engineer support for the Brigade.

All ranks serving with these Army units also undergo Commando training on the All Arms Commando Course. In addition, Army ranks provide some of the specialist combat service logistic support to the Brigade, in the form of the Commando Logistic Regiment, also located in Barnstaple. The whole Brigade provides a balanced amphibious force, which, with its associated amphibious shipping, is self sustaining and capable of operating without host-nation support.

Traditions and Insignia

The Royal Marines have a proud history and unique traditions; they have so many battle honours that the "globe itself" has become the symbol of the Corps.

The badge of the Royal Marines is designed to commemorate the history of the Corps. The Lion and Crown denotes a Royal regiment. King George III conferred this honour in 1802 "in consideration of the very meritorious services of the Marines in the late war."

The "Great Globe itself" surrounded by laurels was chosen by King George IV as a symbol of the Marines' successes in every quarter of the world. The laurels are believed to honour the gallantry they displayed during the capture of Belle Isle in 1761.

The word "Gibraltar" refers to the Siege of Gibraltar in 1704. It was considered by George IV to be one of the most glorious achievements of the Marines and he decided that the word should represent the honours they had earned.

The fouled anchor, incorporated into the emblem in 1747, is the badge of the Lord High Admiral and shows that the Corps is part of the Royal Navy.

Per Mare Per Terram ("By Sea, By Land"), the motto of the Marines, is believed to have been used for the first time in 1785.

History

In the 20th century, the Royal Marines took part in most of the major conflicts that the United Kingdom was involved in. For the first part of the century, their role was the traditional one of shipboard infantry for boarding parties and small landings, and also manning turrets on cruisers and battleships. That continued during the Second World War, but a new role came into being, that of the Commandos.

Commandos were first raised from the British Army as elite forces to be used in raiding operations and to seize particularly tough objectives in larger operations. The first Royal Marine Commandos came into being not much later. A total of four Commando brigades were raised during the war, and Royal Marines were represented in all of them. A total of nine battalions of RM Commandos were raised during the war, numbered from 40 to 48.

1 Commando Brigade had just one RM battalion, No 45 Commando. 2 Commando Brigade had two RM battalions, Nos 40 and 43 Commandos, 3 Commando Brigade again two, Nos 42 and 44 Commandos. 4 Commando Brigade was entirely Royal Marine after March 1944, comprising Nos 41, 46, 47 and 48 Commandos.

1 Commando Brigade took part in the assaults on Sicily and Normandy, and campaigns in the Rhineland and crossing the Rhine; 2 Commando Brigade was involved in the Salerno landings, Anzio, Comacchio and operations in the Argenta Gap; 3 Commando Brigade in Sicily, and Burma; and 4 Commando Brigade in Normandy and operations in the Schledt Estuary during the clearing of Antwerp.

In January 1945, two further RM brigades were formed, 116th Brigade and 117th Brigade. Both were conventional infantry, rather than in the Commando role. 116th Brigade saw some action in the Netherlands, but 117th Brigade was hardly used operationally.

Royal Marines were involved in the Korean War, although often, little is said about their presence. No 41 Commando was reformed in 1950, and was originally envisaged as a raiding force for use against North Korea. It performed this role until after the landing of X Corps at Wonsan. It was then put into the line, as part of 1st Marine Division, and took part in the famous retreat from Chosin Reservoir. After that, a small amount of raiding followed, before the Marines were withdrawn from the conflict in 1951.

After a part in the long Malayan Emergency, the next action came in 1956, during the Suez Crisis. Headquarters 3 Commando Brigade, and Nos 40, 42 and 45 Commando took part in the operation. It marked the first time that a helicopter assault was used operationally to land troops. British and French forces defeated the Egyptians, but after pressure from the United States, they were forced into an embarrassing climbdown. That incident ended any pretensions that the UK was a superpower any longer.

Further action in the Far East was seen during the Konfrontasi. Nos 40 and 42 Commando went to Borneo at various times to help keep Indonesian forces from causing trouble in border areas. The most high profile incident of the campaign was a company strength amphibious assault was made by L Company of 40 Commando. The assault was made at the town of Limbang to rescue hostages.

The Falklands War provided the backdrop to the next action of the Marines. Argentina invaded the islands in April 1982. A British taskforce was immediately despatched to recapture them, and given that an amphibious assault was to be necessary, the Royal Marines were heavily involved. 3 Commando Brigade was brought to full warfighting strength, with not only Nos 40, 42 and 45 Commando, but the 2nd and 3rd battalions of the Parachute Regiment attached. The troops were landed at San Carlos Water at the western end of East Falkland, and proceeded to 'yomp' across the entire island to the capital, Port Stanley, which fell on 14 June 1982. Not only was 3 Commando Brigade deployed, but a Royal Marines divisional headquarters deployed, under Major General Jeremy Moore, who was commander of British land forces during the war.

The Marines set out the 1991 Gulf War, but they were deployed to northern Iraq in the aftermath to provide aid to the Kurds. The remainder of the 1990s saw no major warfighting deployments, other than a division headquarters to control land forces during the short NATO intervention that ended the Bosnian war.

2002, saw a deployment of Marines to Afghanistan, where contact with enemy forces was expected. However, in the end, no Al-Qaida or Taliban forces were found. Any frustrations that deployment brought at the lack of combat were relieved in early 2003, when the UK's first amphibious assault for over 20 years was mounted to capture the Al Faw peninsula in Iraq. Nos 40 and 42 Commandos, 3 Commando Brigade headquarters, and supporting units were deployed for operations. The attack proceeded well, with light casualties.

Resources

The Royal Navy's Web site is http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/ ; the Royal Marines' pages begin at http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/static/pages/141.html . Everything on that Web site is subject to Crown copyright protection. "Crown copyright material may be reproduced free of charge in any format or media without requiring specific permission. This is subject to the material being reproduced accurately and not being used in a derogatory manner or in a misleading context."

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United States Marine Corps

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)


Marine Corps emblem

The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is the smallest branch of the United States Armed Forces, with 170,000 active and 40,000 reserve members in 2002. The USMC serves as a versatile combat element, adapted to a wide variety of combat situations. Its original purpose, giving it the name Marine Corps, was to provide naval infantry (combat forces serving aboard naval vessels), and to conduct amphibious operations from the sea onto land. The latter tactic was fully developed and utilized in World War II, most notably in the Pacific Island Campaign. The Marine Corps is part of the Department of the Navy (but not part of the United States Navy).

Commandant of the Marine Corps

The Commandant of the Marine Corps is the highest ranking officer of the Marine Corps. Even though there are occasionally higher ranking Marine officers, the Commandant is still considered to be in charge of the Marine Corps. The Commandant is a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and reports to the Secretary of the Navy, but not to the Chief of Naval Operations.

Marine Generals Peter Pace (Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) and James Jones (Commander in Chief of the United States European Command; NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Europe; and a former Commandant of the Marine Corps) are Marines currently senior to the Commandant.

Creation

The United States Marine Corps was first established as the Continental Marines during the American Revolutionary War by a resolution of the Continental Congress on November 10, 1775. They served as landing troops for the recently created Continental Navy. The Continental Marines were disbanded at end of war in April of 1783 but were reformed on July 11, 1798.

Since its inception, the Marine Corps has been recognized for combat prowess, and the Corps' role has been expanded significantly. Currently, the Marines serve as an all-purpose, quick-response task-force, suitable for quick insertion into areas where emergency intervention is required, and capable of utilizing ground, air, and sea elements. For example, in 1990, the 22d Marine Expeditionary Unit (22d MEU) conducted Operation Sharp Edge, a so-called NEO, or Non-combatant Evacuation Operation in the west African city of Monrovia, Liberia. Liberia was suffering from civil war at the time, and US and other civilians were not able to depart via conventional means. Sharp Edge was successful. Only one reconnaissance team came under sniper fire (no casualties either side), and several hundred civilians were evacuated within hours to US Navy vessels waiting offshore.

The Marines are unique in their mission statement, and do not necessarily fill unique combat roles. The Marine Corps is the only branch of the US Armed Forces with a mission to do whatever the President may direct. The US Army, US Navy, and US Air Force combined do overlap pretty much every area that the Marine Corps covers. However, the Marines consistantly utilize all of the essential elements of combat (air, ground, sea) together, and have perfected these tactics over the years, whereas the larger services may not work together as often, and may take some time to learn to function together in a combat theatre. The Marines do not, and should not take the place of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, any more than the ambulance takes the place of the hospital, but when an emergency situation develops and there is little time to be dealing with communications and/or political problems, the Marines essentially act as a stop-gap, to get into and hold an area until the larger machinery can be mobilized.

The Marines have one further difference from the other US military services: all marines, male or female, no matter what the occupational specialty, are trained first and foremost as riflemen. Thus the Marine Corps, at heart, is an infantry corps. The Corps has a creed stating "Every marine a rifleman first."

Historically, the United States Marine Corps is known for several campaigns as referenced in their anthem "From the Halls of Montezuma to the Shores of Tripoli". In the 1800s, Stephen Decatur led a group of Marines against the pirates of Tripoli, and separately, the Marines were known for their part in the war against Mexico.

The Marines are proud of their Gung-ho attitude and are inculcated with a strong belief in their chain of command and the importance of esprit de corps, a spirit of enthusiasm and pride in themselves and the Corps.

The Marine motto is "Semper Fidelis" (Always Faithful), sometimes just pronounced in the shortened form "Semper Fi!".

Famous Marines

See also: marine, Ka-bar,List of actors who played Marines at movies

Chain of Command

Marines can task organize to any size unit.

Typical deployment size is a Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU). This is a rifle battalion, with a battery or artillery, a platoon of LAVs, an air component, and a service support elements.

A Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB) is larger than a MEU with multiple rifle battalions.

A Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), as deployed in Iraq, is a Marine division, with a artillery regiment, several tank battalions, several LAV battalions, etc.

Marine Bases

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Synonym: MARINES

Synonym: Marine corps personnel. (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: MARINES

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Absurdity

Phrase: credat Judaeus Apella; tell it to the marines.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: MARINES

English words defined with "MARINES": battle of Wake, battle of Wake Island ♦ colonel, corporal ♦ first lieutenant ♦ general officer, gunnery sergeant ♦ invasion of Iwo, Iwo, Iwo Jima ♦ Judge-Advocate General ♦ lieutenant colonel, light colonel ♦ major, Makin, Marine Corps, master sergeant ♦ Naval brigade ♦ Okinawa, Okinawa campaign ♦ sergeant, staff sergeant ♦ Tarawa, Tarawa-Makin, technical sergeant, Tell that to the marines. (references)
Specialty definitions using "MARINES": Credat Judæus. (references)

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Modern Usage: MARINES

DomainUsage

Screenplays

You do not join them like you do the Marines. (While You Were Sleeping; writing credit: Daniel G. Sullivan and Fredric LeBow.)

I've had three weeks weapons training, I'll kick the out of a platoon full of marines. No problem (The Rock; writing credit: David Weisberg; Douglas Cook)

Aww, tell it to the Marines, if you already haven't (Will & Grace; writing credit: Evan Weinstein)

God has a hard-on for Marines because we kill everything we see. He plays His games, we play ours (Full Metal Jacket; writing credit: Gustav Hasford, Michael Herr, Stanley Kubrick)

If the Marines wanted me to have a wife, they would've shipped me one. (Major Payne; writing credit: Joe Connelly; Bob Mosher)

Movie/TV Titles

Due marines e un generale (1966)

Cinque marines per cento ragazze (1962)

Tell It to the Marines (1959)

Les Marines (1957)

Here Come the Marines (1952)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: MARINES

DomainTitle

Books

  • One Bugle No Drums: The Marines at Chosin Reservoir (reference)

  • Strong Men Armed: The United States Marines Against Japan (reference)

  • A Sniper in the Arizona 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, in the Arizona Territory, 1967: 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, in the Arizona Territory, 196 (reference)

  • The Marines of Autumn: A Novel of the Korean War (reference)

  • A Marine Remembers Iwo Jima: Dog Company, 2nd Battalion, 27th Marines, Fifth Marine Division (reference)

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Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

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Image Slideshow: MARINES

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Photo Album: MARINES

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Anti-aircraft battery at Guadalcanal commanded by Robert A. Earle Early use of C&GS by Marines. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Artillery survey crew of 10th Marines with 3 captured Japanese battle flags Survey crew caught in middle of huge Japanese banzai charge at Battle of Saipan Robert A. Earle, in center front, commanding officer of survey crew. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Air Force recruiters are looking for former military members who might be interested in returning to active duty. The Air Force hopes to attract thousands of former airmen, soldiers, sailors and Marines to return to active duty in fiscal 2001. (P.; photo by A..

U.S. Marines advance after Marine close-air fighters plaster targets ahead during fighting in Korea. Billowing smoke and flames from the small, tight target areas bear out the accuracy of the flying Leathernecks' marksmanship. (Marine Corps photo).

First Lieutenant Baldomero Lopez, USMC, leads the 3rd Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines over the seawall on the northern side of Red Beach, as the second assault wave lands, 15 September 1950. Wooden scaling ladders are in use to facilitate disembarkation from the LCVP that brought these men to the shore. Lt. Lopez was killed in action within a few minutes, while assaulting a North Korean bunker. Note M-1 Carbine carried by Lt. Lopez, M-1 Rifles of other Marines and details of the Marines' field gear. Credit: NAVY.

Marines aboard USS Honolulu (CL-48) fire a salute during funeral services for a casualty from the sunken USS Helena (CL-50), following the Battle of Kula Gulf. Note Chaplain at right and audio equipment in left center, atop the cruiser's hangar cover. Credit: NAVY.

Marines wait at entrance to cave in which Japanese soldiers are hiding] / Marine Corps. photo. Credit: Library of Congress.

The Marines land--Marines hit three feet of water as they leave their LST to take the beach at Cape Gloucester / Defense Dept. photo (Marine Corps). Credit: Library of Congress.

U.S.S. Columbia, marines. Credit: Library of Congress.

U.S.S. Massachusetts, marines at mess. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: MARINES
 

"Military facility warning" by Luis Alves
Commentary: "No trespassing sign is a marines military facility. --------------------------- Notice: You can use this image, but please send me an e-mail if you use it, I really like to know when and where it's used, thanks :-)."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Sounds Captioned with "MARINES".

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Clippers; hair; clip; clipping; cutting; cut; Army; Navy; Marines; barber; shave; trim; sideburns.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: MARINES

SubjectTopicQuote

Economic History

Chile

Miguel Vergara directs the 25,000-person Navy, including 5,000 Marines. (references)

Lebanon

With the U.S. Marines looking ready to withdraw, Syria and Muslim groups stepped up pressure on Gemayal. (references)

Lebanon

On March 5 the Lebanese Government canceled the May 17 agreement; the Marines departed a few weeks later. (references)

Human Rights

Colombia

Of the 101 persons under investigation at year's end for complaints related to massacres and forced disappearances, 45 were army, 28 were police, 5 were air force, 22 were marines, and 1 was from the INPEC. (references)

Colombia

Colonel Jose Ancizar Molano Padilla (then-commander of the 2nd Marine infantry battalion), Captain Alvaro Hernando Moreno, Captain Rafael Garcia, Lieutenant Carlos Eduardo Jaramillo, and four noncommissioned officers were on trial at year's end for torturing 12 marines with asphyxiation and electric shocks in December 1995. CINEP reported 158 cases of torture by paramilitaries in the period from January through September. (references)

Political Economy

Seychelles

The President has complete control over the security apparatus, which includes a national guard force, the army, the Presidential Protection Unit, the coast guard, the marines, and the police. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: MARINES

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Ronald Reagan

We have strong circumstantial evidence that the attack on the Marines was directed by terrorists who used the same method to destroy our embassy in Beirut. Those who directed this atrocity must be dealt justice, and they will be.

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Speeches: MARINES

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Harry S. Truman

1945-1953All Americans will also remain deeply conscious of the obligation owed to that larger number of soldiers, sailors, and marines who suffered wounds and sickness in their service.

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989Now the multinational peacekeeping force and our marines are helping them break their cycle of despair.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: MARINES

"MARINES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 78.30% of the time. "MARINES" is used about 401 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words		Rank in English
Noun (plural)78.3%31416,289
Noun (proper)21.7%8735,390
                    Total100.00%401N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: MARINES

The following table summarizes the usage of "MARINES" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons		Rank in USA
MarinesLast name20033,313
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Expression: MARINES

Expressions using "MARINES": tell it to the marines ♦ Tell that to the marines. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "MARINES": ex-marines.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: MARINES

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
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marines.org mca

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Modern Translation: MARINES

Language Translations for "MARINES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Finnish

  

merivoimat (naval troops, navy), merijalkaväki. (various references)

   

German

  

marinetruppen, marinesoldaten, marineinfanterie. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

נחתים. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

tengerészgyalogság (marine corps, naval infantry). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

海兵隊 (Marine Corps, Royal Marines). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

かいへいたい (Marine Corps, Royal Marines). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

arinesmay.(various references)

   

Romanian

  

slãbeşte-mã (do me a favor, do me a favour, get along, get along with you, shut up, tell that to the marines), ei (ahoy, attaboy, come, eh, gad, halloo, hei, heigh, her, hers, hey, hoy, I say, its, now, now then, phew, tell it to the marines, they, well), ba cã chiar (by no means, tell it to the marines, you don't say so), abţine-te (tell it to the marines). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

пустые винные бутылки (dead marines, dead men). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

mornarica (fleet, marine, navy, shipping). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

infantería de marina. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

морська піхота. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: MARINES

Derivations

Words ending with "MARINES": aquamarines, submarines, ultramarines. (additional references)

Words containing "MARINES": customariness, customarinesses. (additional references)


Misspellings

"MARINES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: amacrine, Maciunas, Macrianus, madrine, Maginess, maines, mairies, Marandel, marandet, marans, Marennes, marianum, Marien, Marienski, Mariesii, Mariez, marige, Mariinsk, Marinescu, marinet, marinist, marinists, marinum, marinus, marinvs, marites, marnels, marnes, Marneys, maronii, marranos, martines, Mauries, Maurinus, mawine, meines, mereness, Merpins, Mesrine, minires, mirins, moreens, morenas, Morins, mtrnas, muranese, Nagines, Narins, nerines, Niarunas. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "MARINES"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "MARINES" (pronounced merē"nz)
4-er ē" n zcareens, figurines, smithereens.
3-ē" n zconvenes, beans, canteens, cleans, cuisines, deans, demeans, Denes, eighteens, fifteens, fourteens, gasolines, genes, greens, intervenes, jeans, latrines, leans, liens, machines, means, nitrosamines, peens, preteens, Queens, ravines, reconvenes, sardines, scenes, screens, sixteens, skeens, sunscreens, teens, vaccines.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: MARINES

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: remains, seminar.

Words within the letters "a-e-i-m-n-r-s"

-1 letter: aimers, airmen, amines, animes, arisen, armies, arsine, inarms, inseam, marine, mesian, miners, namers, ramens, ramies, remain, remans, semina.

-2 letters: aimer, airns, amens, amies, amine, amins, amirs, anime, anise, arise, earns, emirs, inarm, mains, mairs, manes, manse, mares, marse, maser, means, mensa, miens, minae, minas, miner, mines, mires, miser, namer, names, nares, naris.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-i-m-n-r-s"
 

+1 letter: aneurism, carmines, cremains, harmines, mariners, marlines, minarets, minerals, mislearn, moraines, raiments, ramekins, reinsman, romaines, romanise, seminars, seminary, smearing.

 

+2 letters: almonries, amberinas, aneurisms, animaters, antimeres, antiserum, emigrants, examiners, fisherman, geraniums, harmonies, harmonise, hymnaries, imaginers, inflamers, maligners, malingers, manicures, mannerism, mannerist, marinades, marinates, martinets, masonries, mastering, measuring, meridians, midranges, migraines, miscreant, mishanter, mislearns, mislearnt, muraenids, muscarine, normalise, nursemaid, pearmains, ramequins, romanised, romanises, romanizes, ruminates, screaming, semilunar, spearmint, streaming, submarine, terminals, tramlines, tribesman, tyramines, urinemias, zemindars.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern 		5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art 		9. Sounds
10. Quotations: Non-fiction
11. Quotations: Spoken
12. Quotations: Speeches 		13. Usage Frequency
14. Names: Frequency
15. Expressions
16. Expressions: Internet 		17. Translations: Modern
18. Derivations
19. Rhymes
20. Anagrams 		21. Bibliography


  

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