marcher

/ˈmɑːtʃə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈmɑːrtʃər/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈmär-chər/ (ame, mw)

marcher — noun

  • marchersingular
  • marchersplural

1. someone walking together with others through streets to show support for a cause

1.名詞B2
釋義

someone walking together with others through streets to show support for a cause, to protest, or to celebrate an event.

例句

Police closed three streets so the marchers could walk safely to the city hall.

subject role: marchers walking along a planned route

Devika handed out cold water bottles to the marchers in the summer heat.

marcher as object: helping or supporting participants

同義詞
  • protester

    specifically someone showing opposition; a marcher may also be celebrating, not just protesting

  • demonstrator

    very close in meaning; slightly more formal and tied to political causes

  • participant

    general term; 'marcher' specifies they are on foot in a procession

反義詞

文法句型

a/the marcher(s)

用法筆記

Subject is usually plural in real use ('the marchers', 'thousands of marchers') because public marches involve groups; the singular is most common when picking out one specific participant.

常見錯誤

❌I saw a marcher running fast in the park.
✅I saw a runner sprinting fast in the park.
💡a 'marcher' is part of an organised public march, not someone exercising alone.

2. in historical writing, a person living in a border area between two countries or

2.名詞C2
釋義

in historical writing, a person living in a border area between two countries or kingdoms, especially the lands between medieval England and Wales or England and Scotland.

例句

Medieval Marchers built strong stone castles along the Welsh border to defend their lands.

historical sense: capitalised as 'Marchers'

The king gave the northern Marchers special rights to keep their own armies.

collocation: northern / southern / Welsh Marchers

同義詞
  • borderer

    broader historical term for any border-region inhabitant; less tied to medieval Britain

  • frontiersman

    American historical equivalent; suggests pioneer life rather than defending a border

文法句型

the Marchers of [region]

用法筆記

Almost only seen in books about medieval British history; never used today to describe modern people living near a national border. Distinguish from sense 1 by historical context — sense 2 is about residents, not people walking in a procession.

常見錯誤

❌My cousin is a marcher because she lives near the Mexican border.
✅My cousin lives near the Mexican border.
💡modern English does not call border residents 'marchers'; the term is purely historical.