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Definition of Marches

1. Noun. A region in central Italy.

Definition of Marches

1. Proper noun. (plural of March) ¹

2. Noun. the area along a border ¹

3. Noun. (plural of march) ¹

4. Verb. (third-person singular of march) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Marches

1. march [v] - See also: march

Lexicographical Neighbors of Marches

Literary usage of Marches

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

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Matteo di Bassi himself had no sooner received the sanction of Clement VII than he returned to the marches and began to preach and to nurse the sick during ..."

2. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1862)
"State of Aragon—State of Catalonia—State of Valencia—Suchet marches against ... reforms the discipline of the troops—marches with a convoy to ..."

3. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France, from the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1842)
"... marches In the Vouga—Sends Beresford to the Duero—A division under General Hill passes the take of Ovar—Attempt to surprise ..."

4. The History of British India by James Mill, Horace Hayman Wilson (1858)
"Troops under military Chiefs in Malwa dispersed. — Order restored in the Territories of Holkar. — Operations against the Peshwa. — General Smith marches to ..."

5. The Works of A. Conan Doyle by Arthur Conan Doyle (1902)
"... COMRADES CAME OVER THE marches OF FRANCE AFTER passing Cahors, the party branched away from the main road, and leaving the river to the north of them, ..."

6. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"In the marches themselves they desired to plant an impassable barrier of Chinese ... In 112 BC the Chinese passed the northern marches; in 108 they were ..."

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