Definition of "bluejackets" [bluejackets]

• Plural form of bluejacket. (noun)

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• "The Marines, who number about two hundred, are followed by almost the same number of bluejackets from the Florida, and they bring the admiral's Stars and Stripes with them."
• "I speak in this way not because I am at all lacking in appreciation for the valour and dash of both Gordons and "bluejackets," but simply because other regiments who have often done as good or even better work -- in special cases -- bitterly resent the unfair manner in which their own achievements are sometimes slurred over in the press."
• ""bluejackets" is spoken of in the warmest terms with absolutely no mention of the marines."