leatherneck

English

Etymology

From leather +‎ neck.

Pronunciation

(UK, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛð.ə.nɛk/
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(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛð.ɚ.nɛk/

Noun

leatherneck (plural leathernecks)

(slang) A soldier.
(US) Specifically, a marine.
- 2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 318:
  The Marine Corps has instituted a martial-arts program in which leathernecks are indoctrinated in a new code of honor, the Ethical Marine Warrior.

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