Definition of Marcher

1. Noun. An inhabitant of a border district.


2. Noun. Walks with regular or stately step.
Exact synonyms: Parader
Generic synonyms: Footer, Pedestrian, Walker
Specialized synonyms: Pivot, Pivot Man, Wheeler
Derivative terms: March, Parade

3. Noun. Fights on foot with small arms.
Exact synonyms: Foot Soldier, Footslogger, Infantryman
Specialized synonyms: Fusilier, Grenade Thrower, Grenadier, Doughboy, Musketeer
Generic synonyms: Soldier
Derivative terms: Footslog

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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