horse marine

noun

1. (formerly) a marine mounted on horseback or a cavalryman doing duty on shipboard.
2. a person out of their proper or natural place.

horse marine

noun

1. (formerly) a mounted marine or cavalryman serving in a ship
2. someone out of his natural element, as if a member of an imaginary body of marine cavalry

Word History and Origins

Origin of horse marine¹

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

What, do you mean to say that lankey, horse-marine looking fellow is as bad as that!

From Project Gutenberg

Tell me, Jack Pringle, what did the long horse-marine-looking slab say to it?

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He did not look much like a horse-marine, but reminded me more of a city hosier.

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