connected with the sea, especially in relation to seaborne trade or naval matters:a maritime museummaritime law
living or found in or near the sea:dolphins and other maritime mammals
bordering on the sea:two species of Diptera occur in the maritime Antarctic
(of climate) moist and temperate owing to the influence of the sea:native and exotic plants flourish in the mild maritime climate on the Lleyn Peninsula
Origin:
mid 16th century: from Latin maritimus, from mare 'sea'
maritime in other Oxford dictionaries
Definition of maritime in the US English dictionary
