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单词 marchman
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marchmann.

Brit. /ˈmɑːtʃmən/, U.S. /ˈmɑrtʃmən/
Forms: see march n.3 and man n.1; also Middle English marchesmen (plural), Middle English marchezmen (plural).
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: march n.3, man n.1
Etymology: < march n.3 + man n.1 In sense 2 probably as alteration of marksman n. (with substitution of march for marks- ; compare marksman n. 5).
Now historical.
1. An inhabitant of the marches or border territories.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > border dweller
marchman?a1380
marcher1384
bounder1542
borderera1552
border-man1620
?a1380 in Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. MSS Var. Coll. (1909) V. 77 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 4600) XXV. 1 We ar marche men and dwellys owtmest and may ill be absent..for gret scathis apperande tyll us.
c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure 1237 (MED) Thi marschall..thy mercy besekez..fore mendement of thi pople, Of þise marchez-men, that thus are myskaryede.
c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 2540 A watere..Þat with þa marchesmen [a1500 Trin. Dub. marche-men] Mocian was hatten.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. ccviiiv They..gatheryd to them a stronge hoost of men, as of Marche men and other.
a1550 (?a1475) Battle of Otterburn (1959) 31 (MED) Syr henry perssy..had byn a marchman all his dayes.
1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 136 In the old Teutch or Dutch speach he was called a Marquier, that is to saye the marche-man or frontier man.
1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel i. xxx. 28 Now Bowden Moor the march-man won, And sternly shook his plumed head.
1889 J. Ruskin Præterita III. iv. 172 The marchmen..of Cheviot.
1931 J. Buchan Blanket of Dark (1933) xiii. 286 What of Usk and Wye and Teme and Clun, which the Marchmen must cross?
1956 A. Toynbee Historian's Approach to Relig. iv. 45 Examples of marchmen empire-builders are the Amorite rulers of Hammurabi's reconstituted ‘Empire of Sumer and Akkad’.
2. = marksman n. 5.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > Irish politics > [noun] > societies or associations > members of
hougher1712
white boys1762
Steel boy1772
defender1788
United Irishman1791
Orangeman1796
marksman1800
Thresher1806
marchman1814
Orangist1822
Rockite1824
Brunswicker1828
Terry Alt1831
whitefoot1831
Repeal Warden1841
Young Irelander1844
Fenian1864
Land-leaguer1878
invincible1883
leaguer1892
Provie1972
1814 Ann. Reg. 1813 Gen. Hist. 93/2 The oath of a Marchman or Marksman, the name of one further initiated into their secrets.
1814 Rules & Regul. Orange Soc. (Dublin) 5 A Marchman to take the same obligation.
1934 Freemasonry: Candid Exam. vii. 121 At first there was only one degree, but, in 1796, what is known as the Purple degree was added; this was also called the Marchman degree.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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