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marcher¹ Definition

marcher (märc̸hər)

noun

a person who marches

marcher² Definition

marcher (märc̸hər)

noun

  1. a person who lives in a march, or borderland
  2. a lord who governed or defended the Marches for England

marcher Usage Examples

Possessives

  • demand: While public acceptance of the marchers ' demands is 67 % in Germany, it is 85 % in the East.

Converse of object

  • join: Anyone who is concerned by the threat of Global Warming is invited to join the marchers.
  • attack: Police and Unionist crowds both attacked the marchers outside of Derry and within the city itself.
  • say: He said the marchers spoke for the majority in Britain in opposing war.
  • arrive: By the time the last marchers arrived in the Square most of the speeches were over.
  • take: The Amicus union campaign was underlined today by the fact that the train taking the marchers to Bournemouth was built in the 1960s.
  • push: Police are pushing marchers into a very narrow lane and trying to stop anyone from joining them.

Adjective modifier

  • anti-war: How many of the 10,000 anti-war marchers read Correlli Barnett yesterday?
  • civil: Paisley appeals to loyalists to stop civil rights marchers in Armagh on 30 November.
  • other: We had been invited to join the color party heading the parade along with hundreds of other marchers.
  • peaceful: Peaceful civil rights marchers were brutally assaulted by police This first extract explains how the young Sands was politicized Society was splitting apart.
  • Many: Many marchers stayed for the final session which was a discussion on how the campaign should go forward.

Modifies a noun

  • lord: Here iron was forged to arm the soldiers of the marcher lords.
  • lordship: Marcher lordship was in royal hands, overmighty subjects had been cut down and charters of emancipation issued to north Wales.

Noun used with modifier

  • peace: The irresistible advance of the peace marchers was resisted.
  • right: Paisley appeals to loyalists to stop civil rights marchers in Armagh on 30 November.
  • hunger: As a temporary nurse at an exclusive hospital at the beginning of her career she risked her job by helping the Jarrow hunger marchers.
  • protest: A peaceful demonstration begins to get rowdy... and the police link arms to hold the protest marchers back.

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