marchman
See also: Marchman
English
Etymology
From march + -manCategory:English terms suffixed with -man#MARCHMAN.
Noun
marchman (plural marchmen)Category:English lemmas#MARCHMANCategory:English nouns#MARCHMANCategory:English countable nouns#MARCHMANCategory:English nouns with irregular plurals#MARCHMANCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#MARCHMANCategory:Pages with entries#MARCHMANCategory:Pages with 1 entry#MARCHMAN
- (historicalCategory:English terms with historical senses#MARCHMAN) A person living in the marchland (border regions) between England and Scotland or England and Wales.
- Synonym: borderer
References
- “marchman”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.