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Definition of Marcher

1. Noun. An inhabitant of a border district.

2. Noun. Walks with regular or stately step.

3. Noun. Fights on foot with small arms.

Definition of Marcher

1. n. One who marches.

2. n. The lord or officer who defended the marches or borders of a territory.

Definition of Marcher

1. Noun. An inhabitant of a march (border country) ¹

2. Noun. A person who holds lands in such a region ¹

3. Noun. One who marches in a march in the political sense. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Marcher

1. one that marches [n -S] - See also: marches

Lexicographical Neighbors of Marcher

march on march out march to a different drum march to a different drummer march to one's own drum march to one's own drummer march to the beat of a different drum march to the beat of a different drummer march to the beat of one's own drum march to the beat of one's own drummer

marchand de vin marchand de vin sauce marched marched upon marchen marcher (current term) marchers marchesa marchesas marchese

marcheses marchesi marcheth marchiafava-bignami disease marching marching ants marching band marching bands marching music marching order

Literary usage of Marcher

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1894)
"At Lewes, Mortimer, with his marcher followers, succeeded in escaping the worst consequences of the defeat. They retired to Pevensey, and, on Edward and ..."

2. The Political History of England by William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole (1905)
"Seeing that his marcher prerogatives were thus rapidly becoming undermined, Gloucester put the most cherished marcher right to the test by renewing the ..."

3. The Political History of England by William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole (1905)
"Seeing that his marcher prerogatives were thus rapidly becoming undermined, Gloucester put the most cherished marcher right to the test by renewing the ..."

4. The Dictionary of English History edited by Sidney Low, Frederick Sanders Pulling (1896)
"... and the remnants of the marcher jurisdiction. were abolished. During the eighteenth evn- tury the Methodist movement ..."

5. Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of California by Bancroft-Whitney Company, California Supreme Court, California, Supreme Court (1898)
"FA marcher et to., Be- pondents. PROCEEDINGS IN AID OF EXECUTION—FINDINGS NOT REQUIRED.—Proceedings in aid of execution are only a summary method of purging ..."

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