Marcherとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From 中期英語 marcher, marchere, marcheyre, marchier, marchowrys pl; equivalent to march (from Anglo-Norman and Old French; akin to 古期英語 germearc, Gothic marka (“boundary”)) + -er (inhabitant suffix).

名詞

marcher (plural marchers)

1. (historical) An inhabitant of a march (border country); specifically, a marcher lord. [from 14th c.]
2. (historical) A border territory, a march (now only in (attributive) use). [from 15th c.]
   • 2013, Simon Winder, Danubia, Picador, published 2014, page 42:

     Here is a scene of the marcher state of which they were margraves being turned into a duchy under Henry II Jasomirgott, who has made his capital at Vienna.

派生語

語源 2

From march +‎ -er (agent noun suffix).

名詞

marcher (plural marchers)

1. One who marches; one who participates in a march.
   • 2009 October 21, Dennis Hevesi, “Jack Nelson, Journalist, Dies at 80”, in The New York Times, retrieved 12 June 2014:

     Mr. Nelson covered the Selma-to-Montgomery freedom marches, including Bloody Sunday, on March 7, 1965, when 600 marchers were attacked with billy clubs and tear gas.

派生語

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