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Marches
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marches marchés
English
Pronunciation
en /ˈmɑːt͡ʃɪz/ /ˈmɒɹt͡ʃəz/
en en-us-marches.ogg US
en ɑːtʃɪz 2
Etymology 1
Proper noun
en proper noun form
en March
Etymology 2
See en march border area.
Proper noun
the Marches
en Marche: en Marche Q1279.
The lands in the vicinity of the Welsh-English border.
en Welsh Marches
en 1976 J. R. Lander The Crown and the Aristocracy in England, 1450-1509 Albion: A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies 4048473 8 3 217 A good example is Wales and the Marches where most of the great landlords were absentees who, by the mid-fifteenth century, had allowed their administrative and judicial powers to slip into the hands of a corrupt squirearchy.
en 2023-11-06 Craig Duggan Environment: Wales-England Marches plan to protect nature BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-67330650 The Marches also have areas of intensive farming, as well as extensive forestry plantations where nature is struggling to thrive. https://web.archive.org/web/20250725232832/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-67330650 25 July 2025
The lands in the vicinity of the Scottish-English border.
en 1913 Howard Pease The Lord Wardens of the Marches of England and Scotland: Being a Brief History of the Marches, the Laws of the March, and the Marchmen, Together with Some Account of the Ancient Feud Between England and Scotland 234 sets forth the romantic story of 'the Laws of the Marches,' if a quarrel takes place on the Marches between the two countries [and someone dies], his body shall be brought to the Marches at the day and place within the appointed parts,
Anagrams
en acehmrs charmes machers mesarch schmear
French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f-p
fr Marche Q1279
See also
fr exonyms