单词 | welsh marches |
释义 | > as lemmasWelsh Marches Welsh Marches n. = the Marches at march n.3 1a (also occasionally in singular). [Compare Welsh Y Mars , Y Mers , lit. ‘the March’ (14th cent.; < Middle English march or its Anglo-Norman etymon: see march n.3), compare also †Mars Lloegr , lit. ‘March of England’ (in a source of the 15th or 16th cent.). Compare earlier March of Wales (compare quot. c13001 at march n.3 1a). Compare also Anglo-Norman marche de Gales (1274 or earlier).] ΚΠ 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. sig. D.iiiv/3 Warden of the Welsh marches. 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion viii. 121 Still are you in the Welsh March. 1763 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (new ed.) II. xiv. 363 Among the rest was young Roger Mortimer, a potent baron in the Welsh marches. 1899 Notes & Queries 4. Mar. 161/2 Until a comparatively late period Shropshire and Hereford were the Welsh Marches, and, so far as race is concerned, to some extent Welsh. 1935 Times 9 Nov. 12/2 Reports from the Welsh Marches indicate that farmers..appreciate what the National Government has done for them. 2007 D. Brabbs Year in Life of Welsh Marches 11/1 (caption) Ludlow in Shropshire represents the very essence of the Welsh Marches. < as lemmas |
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