Marcher Definition

märchər
marchers
noun
marchers
One that marches, especially for a specific cause.
A protest marcher; a peace marcher.
American Heritage
A person who marches.
Webster's New World
A resident of a border district, especially of a border district between medieval kingdoms.
American Heritage
A person who lives in a march, or borderland.
Webster's New World
A lord who governed or defended the Marches for England.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Marcher

Noun

Singular:
marcher
Plural:
marchers

Origin of Marcher

  • Middle English marche; from Anglo-Norman and Old French; from Old English germearc; Gothic marka (marka, “boundary")

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  • march + -er

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Marcher Sentence Examples

  • When Simon turned the native Welsh prince Llewelyn against the marcher barops, he gave great offence; he was accused of sacrificing Englishmen to a foreign enemy.

  • Here iron was forged to arm the soldiers of the marcher lords.

  • Meanwhile the Marcher lords held great swathes of territory on the borders with Wales.

  • Marcher means to march but it is used less in French in this sense than it is in English.

  • In French however, you use marcher for "march" in general, but you faire une marche de protestation, or s'approcher in lieu of marching up to someone or something.

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Words Starting With

MMAMAR

Words Ending With

RERHER

Unscrambles

marcher

Words Starting With M and Ending With R

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With M7 Letter Words Ending With R