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March·es

   [mahr-chiz]
noun
The, a region in central Italy, bordering the Adriatic. 1,397,892; 3743 sq. mi. (9695 sq. km).
Italian, Le Marche.

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march

1   [mahrch]
verb (used without object)
1.
to walk with regular and measured tread, as soldiers on parade; advance in step in an organized body.
2.
to walk in a stately, deliberate manner.
3.
to go forward; advance; proceed: Time marches on.
verb (used with object)
4.
to cause to march.
noun
5.
the act or course of marching.
6.
the distance covered in a single period of marching.
7.
advance; progress; forward movement: the march of science.
8.
a piece of music with a rhythm suited to accompany marching.
Idioms
9.
march on, to march toward, as in protest or in preparation for confrontation or battle: The angry mob marched on the Bastille.
10.
on the march, moving ahead; progressing; advancing: Automation is on the march.
11.
steal a march on, to gain an advantage over, especially secretly or slyly.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English marchen < Middle French march(i)er, Old French marchier to tread, move < Frankish *markōn presumably, to mark, pace out (a boundary); see mark1

Mar·che

   [mahr-ke]
noun
Le, Italian name of The Marches.

march

2   [mahrch]
noun
1.
a tract of land along a border of a country; frontier.
2.
marches, the border districts between England and Scotland, or England and Wales.
verb (used without object)
3.
to touch at the border; border.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English marche < Anglo-French, Old French < Germanic; compare Old English gemearc, Gothic marka boundary; see mark1

March

   [mahrch]
noun
the third month of the year, containing 31 days. Abbreviation: Mar.
Origin:
before 1050; Middle English March(e) < Anglo-French Marche; replacing Old English Martius < Latin, short for Mārtius mēnsis month of Mars (Mārti-, stem of Mārs + -us adj. suffix)

March

   [mahrch for 1–3; mahrkh for 4]
noun
1.
Francis Andrew, 1825–1911, U.S. philologist and lexicographer.
2.
Fredric (Frederick McIntyre Bickel), 1897–1975, U.S. actor.
3.
Pey·ton Con·way  [peyt-n kon-wey] , 1864–1955, U.S. army officer (son of Francis Andrew March).
4.
German name of the Morava.
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Marches (ˈmɑːtʃɪz)
 
—n
1.  the border area between England and Wales or Scotland, both characterized by continual feuding (13th--16th centuries)
2.  Italian name: Le Marche a region of central Italy. Capital: Ancona. Pop: 1 484 601 (2003 est). Area: 9692 sq km (3780 sq miles)
3.  any of various other border regions

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March
c.1200, from Anglo-Fr. marche, from O.Fr. marz, from L. Martius (mensis) "(month) of Mars," from Mars (gen. Martis). Replaced O.E. hreðmonaþ, of uncertain meaning, perhaps from hræd "quick, nimble, ready, active, alert, prompt." For March hare, proverbial type of madness, see mad.
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