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Definition march

Etymology 1

From Middle English marchen, from Middle French marcher (�to march, walk�), from Old French marchier (�to stride, to march, to trample�), from Frankish *mark?n (�to mark, mark out, to press with the foot�), from Proto-Germanic *mark?n? (�area, region, edge, rim, border�), akin to Persian ???‎ (marz), from Proto-Indo-European *mereg- (�edge, boundary�). Akin to Old English mearc, ?emearc (�mark, boundary�). Compare mark, from Old English mearcian.

Noun

march (plural marches)

1. A formal, rhythmic way of walking, used especially by soldiers, bands and in ceremonies.
2. A political rally or parade
3. Any song in the genre of music written for marching (see Wikipedia's article on this type of music)
4. Steady forward movement or progression.
5. (euchre) The feat of taking all the tricks of a hand.

Verb

march (third-person singular simple present marches, present participle marching, simple past and past participle marched)

1. (intransitive) To walk with long, regular strides, as a soldier does.
2. (transitive) To cause someone to walk somewhere.
3. To go to war; to make military advances.
4. (figuratively) To make steady progress.

Etymology 2

From Middle English marche (�tract of land along a country's border�), from Old French marche (�boundary, frontier�), from Frankish *marka, from Proto-Germanic *mark?, from Proto-Indo-European *mereg- (�edge, boundary�).

Noun

march (plural marches)

1. (now archaic, historical) A border region, especially one originally set up to defend a boundary.
2. (historical) A region at a frontier governed by a marquess.
3. Any of various territories with similar meanings or etymologies in their native languages.

Verb

march (third-person singular simple present marches, present participle marching, simple past and past participle marched)

1. (intransitive) To have common borders or frontiers

Etymology 3

From Middle English merche, from Old English mer?e, mere?e, from Proto-Germanic *marikaz, *marik� (�water plant�), from Proto-Indo-European *m�ri (�sea�). Cognate Middle Low German merk, Old High German merc, Old Norse merki (�celery�). Compare also obsolete or regional more (�carrot or parsnip�), from Proto-Indo-European *mork- (�edible herb, tuber�).

Noun

march (plural marches)

1. (obsolete) Smallage.

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