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leatherneck

noun
/ˈlɛð.ə.nɛk/UK/ˈlɛð.ɚ.nɛk/US

Etymology

From leather + neck.

  1. derived from *knog-✻
  2. inherited from *hnakkô✻ — “nape, neck”
  3. inherited from hnecca
  4. inherited from nekke
  5. compounded as leatherneck — “leather + neck”

Definitions

  1. A soldier.

  2. Specifically, a marine.

    • The Marine Corps has instituted a martial-arts program in which leathernecks are indoctrinated in a new code of honor, the Ethical Marine Warrior.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA