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MARCHER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fights on foot with small arms
Synonyms:
foot soldier; footslogger; infantryman; marcher
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("marcher" is a kind of...):
soldier (an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "marcher"):
fusilier ((formerly) a British infantryman armed with a light flintlock musket)
grenade thrower; grenadier (an infantryman equipped with grenades)
doughboy (an American infantryman in World War I)
musketeer (a foot soldier armed with a musket)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Walks with regular or stately step
Synonyms:
marcher; parader
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("marcher" is a kind of...):
footer; pedestrian; walker (a person who travels by foot)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "marcher"):
pivot; pivot man (the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver)
wheeler (the man at the outermost end of the rank in wheeling)
Derivation:
march (walk fast, with regular or measured steps; walk with a stride)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An inhabitant of a border district
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("marcher" is a kind of...):
denizen; dweller; habitant; indweller; inhabitant (a person who inhabits a particular place)