"marcher" meaning in English

See marcher in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɑːtʃə/ [UK], /ˈmɑɹt͡ʃɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-marcher.wav Forms: marchers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tʃə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English marcher, marchere, marcheyre, marchier, marchowrys pl; equivalent to march (from Anglo-Norman and Old French; akin to Old English germearc, Gothic marka (“boundary”)) + -er (inhabitant suffix). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|marcher}} Middle English marcher, {{der|en|xno|-}} Anglo-Norman, {{der|en|fro|-}} Old French, {{cog|ang|germearc}} Old English germearc, {{cog|got|marka||boundary}} Gothic marka (“boundary”), {{af|en|-er|id1=inhabitant|pos1=inhabitant suffix}} -er (inhabitant suffix) Head templates: {{en-noun}} marcher (plural marchers)
  1. (historical) An inhabitant of a march (border country); specifically, a marcher lord. Tags: historical Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-marcher-en-noun-T-CmK1cs Disambiguation of People: 55 6 38 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -er (inhabitant) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (inhabitant): 75 25
  2. (historical) A border territory, a march (now only in (attributive) use). Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-marcher-en-noun-xRHtuMPT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Earl Marcher, Lord Marcher, Lordship Marcher, marchership
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɑːtʃə/ [UK], /ˈmɑɹt͡ʃɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-marcher.wav Forms: marchers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tʃə(ɹ) Etymology: From march + -er (agent noun suffix). Etymology templates: {{af|en|march|-er|id2=agent noun|pos2=agent noun suffix}} march + -er (agent noun suffix) Head templates: {{en-noun}} marcher (plural marchers)
  1. One who marches; one who participates in a march. Derived forms: hunger marcher, peace marcher
    Sense id: en-marcher-en-noun-6SNrG9hc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 32 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 22 28 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 6 8 32 28 5 5 5 5 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 6 33 39 4 4 4 4 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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