Marsh Definition

märsh
marshes
noun
marshes
A tract of low, wet, soft land that is temporarily, or permanently, covered with water, characterized by aquatic, grasslike vegetation; swamp; bog; morass; fen.
Webster's New World
An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass.
Wiktionary
pronoun

A topographic surname for someone living by a marsh.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Marsh

Noun

Singular:
marsh
Plural:
marshes

Origin of Marsh

  • From Middle English mersh, mershe, from Old English merisc, mersc, from Proto-Germanic *mariskaz (cf. West Frisian mersk, Dutch meers (“grassland, meadow"), German Marsch), from *mari "˜mere'. More at mere.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English mersc mori- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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