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march

noun
/mɑːtʃ/UK/mɑɹt͡ʃ/US/mɑːt͡ʃ/UK

Etymology

From Middle English marchen, from Middle French marcher (“to march, walk”), from Old French marchier (“to stride, to march, to trample”), from Frankish *markōn (“to mark, mark out, to press with the foot”), from Proto-Germanic *markōną (“to mark”). Akin to Old English mearc, ġemearc (“mark, boundary”). Compare mark, from Old English mearcian. Compare typologically Russian сле́довать (slédovatʹ) (akin to след (sled)). Also compare пятно́ (pjatnó) (<~ пята́ (pjatá)).

  1. inherited from mearcian
  2. derived from *markōną✻ — “to mark”
  3. derived from *markōn✻ — “to mark, mark out, to press with the foot”
  4. derived from marchier — “to stride, to march, to trample”
  5. derived from marcher — “to march, walk”
  6. inherited from marchen

Definitions

  1. A formal, rhythmic way of walking, used especially by soldiers, by bands, and in…

    A formal, rhythmic way of walking, used especially by soldiers, by bands, and in ceremonies.

  2. A journey so walked.

  3. A political rally or parade.

    • Mr. Nelson covered the Selma-to-Montgomery freedom marches, including Bloody Sunday, on March 7, 1965, when 600 marchers were attacked with billy clubs and tear gas.
  4. ›+ 19 more definitions

    1. Any song in the genre of music written for marching (see Wikipedia's article on this type…

      Any song in the genre of music written for marching (see Wikipedia's article on this type of music)

    2. Steady forward movement or progression.

      • the march of time

    3. The feat of taking all the tricks of a hand.

    4. To walk with long, regular strides, as a soldier does.

      • The column marching in double file, the instructor commands: […]

    5. To cause someone to walk somewhere.

      • The old man heaved himself from the chair, seized Jessamy by her pinafore frill and marched her to the house.

    6. To go to war

      To go to war; to make military advances.

      • The armies drawing constantly nearer to each other, the king advised with his council, whether he should march against the Britons, or sall upon the count of Gharolois.

    7. To make steady progress.

    8. A border region, especially one originally set up to defend a boundary.

      • Juan's companion was a Romagnole, / But bred within the March of old Ancona[…].

    9. A region at a frontier governed by a marquess.

    10. To have common borders or frontiers

    11. Smallage.

    12. The third month of the Gregorian calendar, following February and preceding April,…

      The third month of the Gregorian calendar, following February and preceding April, containing the northward equinox.

      • Holonyms: calendar year; year
      • And on March 21, Virginia passed a law banning colorants from school food, effective July 1, 2027.

    13. A surname from Middle English for someone born in March, or for someone living near a…

      A surname from Middle English for someone born in March, or for someone living near a boundary (marche).

    14. A male given name from English.

      • “Kendall told me about a man named March Flack. A radio actor who disappeared years ago. I assumed that was here.”
      • Alexander Garden Jr., the long-serving rector of South Carolina's St. Thomas parish, twice advertised in 1747 to offer a reward for the return of an enslaved Igbo man named March, who had run away from the parsonage house.

    15. A locality in the Cabonne council area, central New South Wales, Australia.

    16. A market town and civil parish with a town council in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire,…

      A market town and civil parish with a town council in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4196).

    17. A municipality near Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

    18. An unincorporated community in Marshall County, Minnesota, United States.

    19. An unincorporated community in Dallas County, Missouri, United States, named after the…

      An unincorporated community in Dallas County, Missouri, United States, named after the month.

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Derived

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA