| 单词 |
march-man |
| 释义 |
ˈmarch-man Obs. exc. Hist. Also 5 marches-man. [f. march n.3 + man n.] 1. An inhabitant of the marches or borders.
a1400–50Alexander 2540 A watere..Þat with þa marches-men [Dublin MS. marche-men] Mocian was hatten. 1494Fabyan Chron. vii. 634 They..gatheryd to them a stronge hoost of men, as of Marchemen and other. 1586J. Ferne Blaz. Gentrie 136 In the old Teutch or Dutch speach he was called a Marquier, that is to saye the marche-man or frontier man. 1627Drayton Agincourt, etc. 9 Of March-men mustring a rebellious Band, Henry againe his Southerne people prest. 1805Scott Last Minstr. i. xxx, Now Bowden Moor the march-man won, And sternly shook his plumed head. 1889Ruskin Præterita III. 172 The march-men..of Cheviot. 2. = marksman 4 (see quot. 1813 there). |

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