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marcher
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun marcher has 3 senses
- marcher(n = noun.person) Array - an inhabitant of a border district; Array is a kind of denizen, dweller, habitant, indweller, inhabitant
- marcher(n = noun.person) parader - walks with regular or stately step; Array is a kind of footer, pedestrian, walker
- marcher(n = noun.person) foot soldier, footslogger, infantryman - fights on foot with small arms; Array has particulars: fusilier, grenade thrower, grenadier, doughboy, musketeer
has particulars: pivot, pivot man, wheeler
Derived form verb march3
is a kind of soldier
CIDE DICTIONARY
marcher, n.
One who marches. [1913 Webster]
marcher, n. [See 2d March.].
The lord or officer who defended the marches or borders of a territory. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
marcher
ambulator, backpacker, foot passenger, foot soldier, foot traveler, footslogger, hiker, hitchhiker, hoofer, infantryman, jaywalker, paddlefoot, pedestrian, peripatetic, trailsman, tramper, walker, walkist
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