: one that marches
especially
: one that marches for a specific cause
a peace marcher
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Hilton Als, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
Sixty-one years ago this month, Alabama state troopers attacked civil rights marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma.
—Willie Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026
In 1965, the Bloody Sunday marchers led by John Lewis and Hosea Williams walked in pairs across the Selma bridge headed toward Montgomery.
—ABC News, 8 Mar. 2026
In 1965, the Bloody Sunday marchers led by Lewis and Hosea Williams walked in pairs across the Selma bridge headed toward Montgomery.
—Kim Chandler, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Images of marchers protesting the Nigerian civil war and of leaders of anti-colonial struggles blend with early documentation of European women’s-liberation movements.
—Hilton Als, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
Sixty-one years ago this month, Alabama state troopers attacked civil rights marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma.
—Willie Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026
In 1965, the Bloody Sunday marchers led by John Lewis and Hosea Williams walked in pairs across the Selma bridge headed toward Montgomery.
—ABC News, 8 Mar. 2026
In 1965, the Bloody Sunday marchers led by Lewis and Hosea Williams walked in pairs across the Selma bridge headed toward Montgomery.
—Kim Chandler, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2026
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“Marcher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marcher. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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