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{{11}}march (n.1) "act of marching," 1580s, from MARCH (Cf. march) (v.) or else from M.Fr. marche (n.), from marcher (v.). The musical sense first attested 1570s, from notion of "rhythmic drumbeat" for marching. Transferred sense of "forward motion" is from 1620s.
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march (
n.2) "
boundary," late 13c. (in reference to the borderlands beside Wales, rendering
O.E. Mercia), from
O.Fr. marche "
boundary, frontier," from Frankish
*marka or some other Germanic source (
Cf. O.H.G. marchon "
to mark out, delimit,"
Ger. Mark "
boundary;" see
MARK (
Cf. mark) (
n.1)). Now obsolete. There was a verb in Middle English (
c.1300), "
tohave a common boundary," from
O.Fr. marchier "
border upon, lie alongside."
{{12}}march (v.) "to walk with regular tread," early 15c., from M.Fr. marcher "to march, walk," from O.Fr. marchier "to stride, march," originally "to trample, tread underfoot," perhaps from Frankish *markon or some other Germanic source related to obsolete M.E. march (n.) "borderland" (see MARCH (Cf. march) (n.2)). Or possibly from Gallo-Roman *marcare, from L. marcus "hammer," via notion of "tramping the feet." Meaning "to cause to march" is from 1590s. Related: Marched; marching. Marching band is attested from 1852. Italian marciare, Sp. marchar are said to be from French.
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