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marcher

DEFINITIONS OF: marcher

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n an inhabitant of a border district

Type of:
denizen, dweller, habitant, indweller, inhabitant
a person who inhabits a particular place

n walks with regular or stately step

Synonyms:
parader
Types:
pivot, pivot man
the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver
wheeler
the man at the outermost end of the rank in wheeling
Type of:
footer, pedestrian, walker
a person who travels by foot

n fights on foot with small arms

Synonyms:
foot soldier, footslogger, infantryman
Types:
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fusilier
(formerly) a British infantryman armed with a light flintlock musket
grenade thrower, grenadier
an infantryman equipped with grenades
doughboy
an American infantryman in World War I
musketeer
a foot soldier armed with a musket
Type of:
soldier
an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
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