leatherneck
nounAU, UK /ˈlɛð.ə.nɛk/ · US /ˈlɛð.ɚ.nɛk/
Etymology From leather + neck.
1
Slang A soldier.
2
US 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.2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 318:
- Related terms
- roughneck