march.

1. A border region, especially one historically organized or defended as a frontier territory.

2. An organized walk, especially of troops or demonstrators, or the action of moving with a steady purposeful step.

3. The third month of the Gregorian calendar.

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Words that belong together

• the Welsh Marches
• a frontier march

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The frontier march changed rulers more often than its villages changed names.

The account placed the meeting in the Welsh Marches.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting. Forms: Singular march; plural marches. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: marches.