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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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
For the security of the new possessions Metellus adopted the device, still rare in the case of transmarine dependencies, of planting colonies on the conquered land.
From A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate by A. H. J. (Abel Hendy Jones) Greenidge
Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, are to be separated from England, which is of course to detach itself from all its transmarine dependencies.
From Auguste Comte and Positivism by John Stuart Mill
Some historians have attributed to the influence of Richelieu this policy of creating a seigneurial class in the transmarine dominions of France.
From The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism by William Bennett Munro
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
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