transmarine

American  

[trans-muh-reen, tranz-] / ˌtræns məˈrin, ˌtrænz- /

adjective

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

2. being or crossing over the sea or ocean.

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transmarine British  

/ ˌtrænzməˈriːn /

adjective

1. a less common word for overseas

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Etymology

Origin of transmarine

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

Example Sentences

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transmarine

Halifax ought to be made the point from which, and to which, all the British North American, foreign, that is, transmarine correspondence, ought to converge and diverge.

From A General Plan for a Mail Communication by Steam, Between Great Britain and the Eastern and Western Parts of the World by James MacQueen

Hides her red hands in gloves, pinches up her lithe waist, And makes herself wretched with transmarine taste; She loses her fresh country charm when she takes Any mirror except her own rivers and lakes.

From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by James Russell Lowell

Orders were therefore sent from Whitehall to the governors of the transmarine possessions of the Crown, directing them to be on the watch for him.

From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 5 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay

How inimical it was could not yet be clearly seen; for the transmarine interests of Rome had not at the time attained a development which invited the mastery of conquered lands by the Roman capitalist.

From A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate by A. H. J. (Abel Hendy Jones) Greenidge

While the kingdom of France was weak, monarchs like Henry II. and Richard I. might dream of extending their transmarine possessions to the detriment of their suzerain at Paris.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History by Various