Found 2 items, similar to leatherneck.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: leatherneck
leatherneck
n : a member of the United States Marine Corps [syn:
Marine,
devil dog
,
shipboard soldier]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: leatherneck
leatherneck
\leath"er*neck`\, n.
1. (Zo["o]l.) The sordid friar bird of Australia
(
Tropidorhynchus sordidus).
[1913 Webster]
2. [from the leather collar that was once part of their
uniform.] A member of the United States Marine Corps; a
United States Marine. [slang]
[PJC]