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▪ I. marcher1 Obs. exc. Hist.|ˈmɑːtʃə(r)|
Also 5 marchere, marcheyre, marchowr, 5–6 marchier, 5, 7 marchour, 7 murcheour, -iour.
[f. march n.3 + -er; there may have been an AF. *marchier.]
†1. One whose territory adjoins that of another. Const. to. [Cf. med.L. marchio.] Obs.
c1440Partonope 5044, 5047 Ther ys no lord that now ys heere But he ys in lond A marchere To som of lords afore sayd. Eche of hem therfore wold be wyll payde To haue hym a kyng to whom he ys marcheyre.
2. An inhabitant of a march or border district.
1470in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. v. 308 Who that ever marchour, be he Irishe or Inglish..if such marchours take ony chalaunge or action againste ony man duellyng within the saide citie. 1607Cowell Interpr., Marchers, be the noble men dwelling on the Marches of Wales or Scotland: who in times past..had their priuate lawes, much like as if they had beene Kings. 1612Davies Why Ireland, etc. (1787) 132 And euery lord of a country, and euery marcher, made war and peace at his pleasure. 1621Bolton Stat. Irel. Ep. Ded. a 4 b, Many of those Stat...concerning Marchiors..are..repealed. Ibid. 14 The said Marcheours..doe guide the said Irish enemies and their theeues into the English countrey. a1648Ld. Herbert Hen. VIII (1683) 492 That Marchers should dwell upon their March Lands. 1752Carte Hist. Eng. III. 166 Sir Thomas Wharton and Sir W. Musgrave advancing against them with a body of marchers they fell into confusion. 1856Froude Hist. Eng. II. 269 The robber chief instantly rose and attacked the pale. The Marchers opened their lines to give his banditti free passage.
b. Lord Marcher (pl. Lords Marchers), a lord who enjoyed royal liberties and had exclusive jurisdiction over territory in the marches which he obtained by border warfare. Hence Lordship Marcher, territory so obtained and held.
1449Rolls of Parlt. V. 151/1 The Lordes Marchiers, of the whiche such misdoers..holden ther Londes. 1535–6Act 27 Hen. VIII, c. 26 §19 The Lordes Marchers..have used to putt their tenauntes within their Lordshippes Marchers under suche common maynprise [etc.]. 1614Selden Titles Hon. 216 The ancient Lords Marchers of Wales... Of these Marchers mention is in the Statute of Prerogative: Exceptis Feodis Comitum & Baronum de Marchia. a1648Ld. Herbert Hen. VIII (1683) 435 Insomuch, that in about some 141 Lordships Marchers..many strange and discrepant Customs were practised. 1700Tyrrell Hist. Eng. II. 913 A day..was assigned for..the Lords Marchers to appoint Arbitrators. 1863Sat. Rev. 384 While the Lords Marchers did the border this good service, they grew apace in powers of combined action.
†c. Earl Marcher: used for margrave.
1630R. Johnson's Kingd. & Commw. 402 Saros Patak, where the Palatine or Earle-marcher of that part of Hungaria..usually keeps his residence.
†3. A border-territory or march. Obs.
1475Bk. Noblesse (Roxb.) 45 Carenten, and Valoigney, withe alle othir forteressis and villages in that marcher.
4. attrib., as marcher-baron, marcher-lord, marcher-town.
1570–6Lambarde Peramb. Kent (1826) 187 It is a frontier, and Marchier Towne of this Shyre. 1841Hartshorne Salop. Antiq. 497 Marcher Lords. Ibid. 498 This policy led to the erection of the Marcher Lordships. 1877Green Hist. Eng. People I. 305 Indignities which the Marcher-lords had offered to the body of the great Earl. 1887Dict. Nat. Biog. XI. 72/2 Representing the marcher barons.
Hence ˈmarchership, the office of Lord Marcher.
1859Parker Turner's Dom. Archit. III. ii. vii. 372 All this area was parcelled out into marcherships, holding from the English crown ‘by the sword’ only. 1875Stubbs Const. Hist. II. xvi. 341 Wales, where the chief marcherships were in the hands of the great English earls.
▪ II. marcher2|ˈmɑːtʃə(r)|
[f. march v.2 + -er1.]
1. a. One who marches or walks. Chiefly with adjs. of qualification.
c1611Chapman Iliad xix. 162 Thirst, hunger,..take away a marcher's knees. a1661B. Holyday Juvenal (1673) 23 What nettle thus, great marcher [L. Gradive], does inflame Thy nephews? 1809Sir J. Moore 10 Jan. in Jas. Moore Camp. Spain 199 Soldiers who pretend to be bad marchers. 1869E. A. Parkes Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 394 The best marchers are men of middle size.
b. spec. A person who takes part in a protest, etc., march (see march n.4 1 a).
1908,1922[see hunger-marcher s.v. hunger n. 4 e]. 1939C. Day Lewis Child of Misfortune iii. ii. 334 He had hoped, perhaps, for..a feeling of community with his fellow marchers. 1960Times Lit. Suppl. 10 June 362/4 We observe its [sc. war's] direct and unquestioned influence on ‘marchers’ and others whom most people consider wrong-headed. 1960Guardian 28 Oct. 7/4 Many bright remarks about French politics, anti-bomb marchers..and the like. 1961Ibid. 7 Mar. 8/6 Marchers of all kinds protested beside the Holy Loch. 1969New Yorker 14 June 78/2 I'm not a marcher. I'm not a sign carrier.
†2. Some part of a draw-net. Obs.
1727Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Draw Net, Fasten it, by putting some of the Ends of the Marcher H. against the Stick H. |