transmarine
Americanadjective
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being on or coming from the opposite side of the sea or ocean.
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being or crossing over the sea or ocean.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of transmarine
From the Latin word trānsmarīnus, dating back to 1575–85. See trans-, marine
Example Sentences
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Such intelligence the Hebridians probably receive from their transmarine correspondents.
From Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland by Samuel Johnson
Thus, it is evident that this new and as yet not fully established agent of international communication, so far from obviating our rapid transmarine service, will but the more effectually necessitate it.
From Ocean Steam Navigation and the Ocean Post by Thomas Rainey
The long struggle was over, and England now retained nothing of her old transmarine possessions save Calais and the Channel Islands.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History by Various
The Government quarries situated upon it were subsequently worked almost entirely by transmarine convicts, of which more will be said hereafter.
From Prisoners Their Own Warders A Record of the Convict Prison at Singapore in the Straits Settlements Established 1825 by John Frederick Adolphus McNair
In these we see the demand for land, for colonial assignations, for transmarine settlements, for a renewal or extension of the corn law, perpetually recurring.
From A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate by A. H. J. (Abel Hendy Jones) Greenidge
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