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march noun2. ME.
[Old & mod. French marche from Proto-Romance (cf. MARQUIS), medieval Latin marca from Old Frankish, from Germanic base of MARK noun1. Cf. MERCIAN.]
Chiefly Hist. The border or frontier of a country; sing. & (now usu.) in pl., a tract of land on the border of a country, a disputed tract separating one country from another. ME.
the Marches the parts of England along the border with Wales (and formerly Scotland).
b. The boundary of an estate. Chiefly Scot. LME.
c. A boundary mark, a landmark. Long obsolete exc. dial. L15.
A country, a territory. ME-L15.
Hist. [German Mark, Italian marca.] Any of various (specified) German or Italian territories or principalities. Cf. MARK noun1 2. E18.
Comb.: march-land (chiefly Hist.) land comprising the marches of a country; a border district; march-man Hist. an inhabitant of the marches or borders; march stone (chiefly Scot. & north.) a stone marking the boundary of an estate.