Royal Marine

English

Noun

Royal Marine (plural Royal Marines)

(military, British) A member of the Royal Marines.
- 2022 July 13, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 961, page 71:
  "She had asked at Paddington for a return to Lympstone on the Exmouth branch, where her son was due to pass out as a Royal Marine that afternoon, at the local training camp.
  "Presumably, the booking clerk had misheard her and sold her a ticket to Leominster, and other helpful staff had unwittingly helped her on her way.

References

“Royal Marine”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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