marcher

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noun (1)

march·​er ˈmär-chər How to pronounce marcher (audio)
: one who inhabits a border region

marcher

2 of 2

noun (2)

: one that marches
especially : one that marches for a specific cause
a peace marcher

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Noun
For the Civil Rights Movement, Alabama troopers lifting truncheons to beat marchers crossing Selma's Edmund Pettus Bridge. Susan Page, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025 Weeks later, the marchers made it across the bridge and walked 54 miles to the state capitol steps. Jennifer Stewart Kornegay, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2025 Volunteers sprayed the crowd with rose-scented water from tanks on their backs to cool them, and a Dearborn fire truck also sprayed the crowd with mists of water as marchers walked by, children frolicking as they got soaked. Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 18 Aug. 2025 One of the marchers was Christian Dennis, a 22-year-old South Memphian whose grandmother died of cancer, despite not smoking or drinking her whole life. Andrew R. Chow, Time, 13 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for marcher

Word History

First Known Use

Noun (1)

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

1589, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of marcher was in the 14th century

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“Marcher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marcher. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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