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marishes

marishes is the plural of marish.

Meaning of marish

Noun

marish (plural marishes)

  1. (archaic, poetic) A marsh.
    • Thenne sir Tristram departed / and in euery place he asked & demaunded after sir Launcelot / but in no place he coude not here of hym whether he were dede or on lyue /[…]/ Soo syr Tristram rode by a forest and then̄e was he ware of a fayre toure by a mareyse on that one syde / and on that other...1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “primum”, in Le Morte Darthur, book X

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What is marishes the plural of?
Marishes is the plural of marish.

Words near marishes in the dictionary

  1. marischal
  2. marischals
  3. Marise
  4. marish
  5. Marisha
  6. marishes
  7. marishness
  8. marisma
  9. marismas
  10. Marissa
  11. Marist

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