transmarine

[ trans-muh-reen, tranz- ]

adjective

1. being on or coming from the opposite side of the sea or ocean.
2. being or crossing over the sea or ocean.

transmarine

/ ˌtrænzməˈriːn /

adjective

1. a less common word for overseas

Word History and Origins

Origin of transmarine¹

From the Latin word trānsmarīnus, dating back to 1575–85. See trans-, marine

Word History and Origins

Origin of transmarine¹

C16: from Latin transmarīnus , from trans- + marīnus , from mare sea

Example Sentences

Transmarine, trans-ma-rēn′, adj. across or beyond the sea.

From Project Gutenberg

Yet these were men who had never made any appearance in politics, criminals of a novel species, who had renounced and sacrificed all that is attractive in human life to devote themselves, without thought of worldly recompense, to the education of youth in our schools, to preach the gospel to the heathen in our transmarine colonies, or to exercise every kind of priestly ministry, however hard and unattractive.

From Project Gutenberg

Maximus having nearly drained Britain of all its warlike youth, who followed the footsteps of his tyranny over Gaul, the fierce transmarine nations of the Scots from the south, and the Picts from the north, perceiving the island without soldiers and defenceless, oppressed it and laid it waste during a long series of years.

From Project Gutenberg

An admirable romance of adventure has Mr. Morris unfolded in the melodious energy of this half-hurrying, half-lingering narrative—a romance to make old hearts beat again with the boyish longing for transmarine mysteries, and to plunge boys themselves into a delicious agony of unrest.

From Project Gutenberg

In the Bayeaux tapestry, on which Matilda of Flanders had drawn all the most memorable episodes in the transmarine expedition of her husband, the comet appears in one of the corners with the inscription, Isti mirantur stellam, which proves that the comet was considered a veritable marvel.

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