"marcher" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɑːtʃə/ [UK], /ˈmɑɹt͡ʃɚ/ [US] 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|marcher}} Middle English marcher, {{m|enm|marchere}} marchere, {{m|enm|marcheyre}} marcheyre, {{m|enm|marchier}} marchier, {{m|enm|marchowrys|g=p}} marchowrys pl, {{m|en|march}} march, {{der|en|xno|-}} Anglo-Norman, {{der|en|fro|-}} Old French, {{cog|ang|germearc}} Old English germearc, {{cog|got|marka||boundary}} Gothic marka (“boundary”), {{suffix|en||er}} + -er 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
  2. (historical) A border territory, a march (now only in (attributive) use). Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-marcher-en-noun-xRHtuMPT Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 38 62
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] Forms: marchers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tʃə(ɹ) Etymology: march + -er. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|march|-er|id2=agent noun}} march + -er 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 entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 28 56 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 19 34 47 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 19 28 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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