Mariel

name, noun

name, noun ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who arrived in the US during the Mariel boatlift; a Marielito.

    "I happened to be in the coroner's office one morning when autopsies were being performed on the bodies of two Mariels, shot and apparently pushed from a car on I-95 about nine the evening before […]."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name.
  2. 2
    A city and bay in northwest Cuba.
  3. 3
    The Mariel boatlift, when some 125,000 Cubans entered the United States.

Example

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"I happened to be in the coroner's office one morning when autopsies were being performed on the bodies of two Mariels, shot and apparently pushed from a car on I-95 about nine the evening before […]."

Etymology

From Mary + -el.

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