gyrene

[ jahy-reen, jahy-reen ]

noun

, Slang.

1. a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gyrene¹

1920–25; GI + (ma)rine with altered spelling

Example Sentences

“You call this bed made, gyrene?”

From Literature

The boy originally out of Foreman, Ark., is no longer a boy but a man who became a Gyrene on his 18th birthday and who by now has answered his country’s call around the world starting with Midway Island at the close of the Second World War.

From Washington Times

So far he has one, called Gyrene Burger, in the college town of Knoxville, Tenn. “If it gets to 100 units, that could make me $3 million to $4 million a year,” he says.

From BusinessWeek

Sergeant Highway was transformed from an Army paratrooper into a gyrene gunnery sergeant.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mitchell Paige, no cinema gyrene, was a quietly savvy guy.

From Time Magazine Archive