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marchman

marchman noun: a person living in the marchland (border regions) between England and Scotland or England and Wales.

Noun

marchman (plural marchmen)

  1. (historical) A person living in the marchland (border regions) between England and Scotland or England and Wales.
    Synonyms:
    borderer

Proper noun capitalized: Marchman

Marchman (plural Marchmans)

  1. A surname.

Synonyms of marchman

Forms of marchman

Noun
pluralmarchmen
Proper noun
pluralMarchmans

Origin of marchman

From march + -man.

Words formed from marchman

Phrases with marchman

Questions about marchman

What does marchman mean?
Marchman means a person living in the marchland (border regions) between England and Scotland or England and Wales.
What part of speech is marchman?
Marchman can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of marchman?
The plural of marchman is marchmen.

Words near marchman in the dictionary

  1. marchitecture
  2. marchland
  3. marchlands
  4. Marchlewszczyzna
  5. marchlike
  6. marchman
  7. Marchman Act
  8. Marchman Acted
  9. Marchman Acting
  10. Marchman Acts
  11. Marchmans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: marchman (page history and authors); Marchman (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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