Meaning & use
jarhead
An informal, sometimes affectionate term for a member of the United States Marine Corps.
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Her older brother, a jarhead stationed in California, called home every Sunday.
The veterans at the bar swapped old jarhead stories from boot camp.
A note on using this word
Jarhead is informal slang; it can be used with pride among Marines themselves but may sound disrespectful coming from an outsider.
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