Definition of march

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March (n.) A piece of music designed or fitted to accompany and guide the movement of troops; a piece of music in the march form.

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March :: March (v. i.) To move with regular steps, as a soldier; to walk in a grave, deliberate, or stately manner; to advance steadily..
Haversack :: Haversack (n.) A bag or case, usually of stout cloth, in which a soldier carries his rations when on a march; -- distinguished from knapsack..
Marchman :: Marchman (n.) A person living in the marches between England and Scotland or Wales.
Markisesse :: Markisesse (n.) A marchioness.
Marchpane :: Marchpane (n.) A kind of sweet bread or biscuit; a cake of pounded almonds and sugar.
Foot :: Foot (n.) Soldiers who march and fight on foot; the infantry, usually designated as the foot, in distinction from the cavalry..
Ready :: Ready (superl.) Prepared for what one is about to do or experience; equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or event; prepared for immediate movement or action; as, the troops are ready to march; ready for the journey..
March :: March (v. i.) To proceed by walking in a body or in military order; as, the German army marched into France..
March-ward :: March-ward (n.) A warden of the marches; a marcher.
Escort :: Escort (n.) A body of armed men to attend a person of distinction for the sake of affording safety when on a journey; one who conducts some one as an attendant; a guard, as of prisoners on a march; also, a body of persons, attending as a mark of respect or honor; -- applied to movements on land, as convoy is to movements at sea..
Countermarch :: Countermarch (n.) A change of measures; alteration of conduct.
Epoch :: Epoch (n.) An arbitrary fixed date, for which the elements used in computing the place of a planet, or other heavenly body, at any other date, are given; as, the epoch of Mars; lunar elements for the epoch March 1st, 1860..
Demarch :: Demarch (n.) A chief or ruler of a deme or district in Greece.
Halt :: Halt (v. t.) To cause to cease marching; to stop; as, the general halted his troops for refreshment..
Defile :: Defile (n.) Any narrow passage or gorge in which troops can march only in a file, or with a narrow front; a long, narrow pass between hills, rocks, etc..
Cavalcade :: Cavalcade (n.) A procession of persons on horseback; a formal, pompous march of horsemen by way of parade..
Run :: Run (n.) The greatest degree of swiftness in marching. It is executed upon the same principles as the double-quick, but with greater speed..
Overmarch :: Overmarch (v. t. & i.) To march too far, or too much; to exhaust by marching..
Pace :: Pace (n.) The length of a step in walking or marching, reckoned from the heel of one foot to the heel of the other; -- used as a unit in measuring distances; as, he advanced fifty paces..
Flanker :: Flanker (n.) One who, or that which, flanks, as a skirmisher or a body of troops sent out upon the flanks of an army toguard a line of march, or a fort projecting so as to command the side of an assailing body..
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