# marcher
## English
### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈmɑːtʃə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /ˈmɑɹt͡ʃɚ/
* Hyphenation: march‧er
* Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tʃə(ɹ)

### Etymology 1

From Middle English marcher, marchere, marcheyre, marchier, marchowrys pl; equivalent to march (from Anglo-Norman and Old French; akin to Old English germearc, Gothic marka (“boundary”)) + -er (inhabitant suffix).

#### Noun

marcher (plural marchers)
* (historical) An inhabitant of a march (border country); specifically, a marcher lord. [from 14th c.]
* (historical) A border territory, a march (now only in (attributive) use). [from 15th c.]
** 2013, Simon Winder, Danubia, Picador, published 2014, page 42:Here is a scene of the marcher state of which they were margraves being turned into a duchy under Henry II Jasomirgott, who has made his capital at Vienna.

##### Derived terms

* Earl Marcher
* Lord Marcher
* Lordship Marcher
* marchership

### Etymology 2

From march +‎ -er (agent noun suffix).

#### Noun

marcher (plural marchers)
* One who marches; one who participates in a march.
** 2009 October 21, Dennis Hevesi, “Jack Nelson, Journalist, Dies at 80”, in The New York Times, retrieved 12 June 2014:Mr. Nelson covered the Selma-to-Montgomery freedom marches, including Bloody Sunday, on March 7, 1965, when 600 marchers were attacked with billy clubs and tear gas.

##### Derived terms

* hunger marcher
* peace marcher

### References

* ↑ “marcher”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* ↑ “march”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* charmer

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle French, from Old French marchier, from Frankish *markōn, from Proto-Germanic *markōną. Cf. also marquer.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maʁ.ʃe/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophones: marché, marchés

### Verb

marcher
* to walk
    Synonym: aller
    Il marche au milieu de la rue.He is walking in the middle of the street
* to travel; to move; to march
    Synonyms: avancer, déplacer, mouvoir
* (figurative) to work, to function
    Synonym: fonctionner
    Comment ça marche ? ― How does it work?
    Cet appareil ne marche plus. ― This device isn't working anymore.
* to step
    Marcher sur le pied de quelqu’un. ― To step on the foot of someone
* to cooperate
    Je ne marche plus. ― I am no longer in.
* (intransitive) to believe
    Il marche. ― He believes my joke.
    Il m’a fait marcher. ― He took me for a ride.

#### Derived terms

* ça marche
* en avant, marche
* faire marcher
* marche ou crève
* marcher à quatre pattes
* marcher sur des œufs
* marcher sur les plates-bandes

#### Related terms

* marche
* marchepied
* marcheur

#### Descendants

* → Catalan: marxar
* → German: marschieren
* → Portuguese: marchar
* → Spanish: marchar

### See also

* border
* côtoyer
* courir
* longer
* promener

### Further reading

* “marcher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* charmer

## Middle French
### Etymology

Old French marchier.

### Verb

marcher
* to walk (travel on foot)

#### Conjugation

* Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

#### Descendants

* French: marcher
* → Middle English: marchen
** English: march

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French marqueur.

### Noun

marcher m (plural marcheri)
* marker, scorer