dead march

American  

noun

1. a piece of solemn music for a funeral procession, especially one played at a military funeral.

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dead march British  

noun

1. a piece of solemn funeral music played to accompany a procession, esp at military funerals

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Etymology

Origin of dead march

First recorded in 1595–1605

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Example Sentences

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dead march

For three and a half hours no character walks faster than a dead march or speaks faster than five words a minute.

From Time Magazine Archive

There he was draped with black crepe and, while the crowd stood silent and a band began a dead march, the gelding walked slowly around the full circuit of the track.

From Time Magazine Archive

As a dead march nothing like it had ever been attempted before.

From Time Magazine Archive

The strains of the organ as it rendered the dead march in Saul filled the edifice, the congregation rose to its feet, the casket was borne out, and the service was at an end.

From The Crime of the Century or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin by Henry M. Hunt

Hamlet," Fortinbras says: "Go bid the soldiers shoot," and the stage direction runs: "A dead march.

From A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character by Dutton Cook

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