Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

space marine

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.45 in modern English

Syllables
space -ma-rine
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a soldier who fights in outer space or extraterrestrial worlds.

Etymology

Named after the marines, infantry soldiers who serve in coastal areas to assist naval forces. The earliest usage of this term was from Bob Olsen's short story "Captain Brink of the Space Marines" in 1932, in which the titular soldiers rescue celebrity twins on Saturn's moon, Titan.

Inflected Forms

space marines (plural)

Questions

What does space marine mean?
a soldier who fights in outer space or extraterrestrial worlds.
Where does space marine come from?
Named after the marines, infantry soldiers who serve in coastal areas to assist naval forces. The earliest usage of this term was from Bob Olsen's short story "Captain Brink of the Space Marines" in 1932, in which the titular soldiers rescue celebrity twins on Saturn's moon, Titan.

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