leatherneck

English - Turkish

Definition of leatherneck in English Turkish dictionary

bahriye askeri

{i} deniz eri [amer.]

(isim) deniz eri [amer.]

deniz eri

English - English

Definition of leatherneck in English English dictionary

A member of the United States Marines, so called because of a distinctive high leather collar of certain uniforms they formerly wore

The sordid friar bird of Australia (Tropidorhynchus sordidus)

{i} soldier in the United States Marine Corps (Slang)

Hyphenation

leath·er·neck

Etymology

[ -[th]&r-"nek ] (noun.) circa 1914. from the leather collar formerly part of the uniform.