marine corps

Questions about marine corps

What does marine corps mean?

marine corps means "an amphibious division of the United States Navy".

What is another word for marine corps?

Close synonyms include United States Marine Corps, United States Marines, US Marine Corps, USMC, Marines. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is marine corps a common word?

marine corps is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.