maritime
ma·ri·time
adjective
1.
relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
- “nautical charts”
- “maritime law”
- “marine insurance”
2.
bordering on or living or characteristic of those near the sea
- “a maritime province”
- “maritime farmers”
- “maritime cultures”
Origin
Borrowed from Middle French maritime, from Latin maritimus.
Phrases
- Maritime Alps
- maritime archaeology
- maritime archeology
- maritime earwig
- maritime empire
- maritime hypothec
- maritime law
- maritime loan
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