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Webster 1828 Edition
Maritime
MAR'ITIME
,Adj.
1.
Relating or pertaining to the sea or ocean; as maritime affairs.2.
Performed on the sea; naval; as maritime service.3.
Bordering on the sea; as a maritime coast.4.
Situated near the sea; as maritime towns.5.
Having a navy and commerce by sea; as maritime powers. Maritimal is not now used.
[Note. We never say, a maritime body, a maritime shell or production, a maritime officer or engagement, a maritime league. See Marine.]
Definition 2024
maritime
maritime
English
Adjective
maritime (comparative more maritime, superlative most maritime)
- Related to the sea or sailing.
- I enjoy maritime activities such as yachting and deep sea diving.
- 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 1, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
- “I have visited my quarters, and find them very comfortable. […] Steerage is like everything else maritime […] vastly improved since Robert Louis Stevenson took his trip third class to New York.”
- Bordering on the sea.
- the maritime states.
- Living near or in the sea.
- maritime animals.
- Of or relating to a mariner or sailor.
Derived terms
- Maritime Alps
- Maritime Provinces
- Maritimes
Related terms
Translations
bordering on the sea
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin maritimus (“of the sea”), from Latin mare (“sea”).
Adjective
maritime m, f (plural maritimes)
Anagrams
Middle French
Adjective
maritime m, f (plural maritimes)
- maritime (bordering the sea)
- 1587, François de La Noue, F. E. Sutcliffe, Discours politiques et militaires ...:Nouvellement recueillis & mis en lumiere, page 829-830:
- Ceste-ci n'est pas si grande ni si plaisante que l'autre : elle a pourtant d'autres choses qui recompensent bien ces defauts, dont la principale est la situatió maritime.
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