dead march

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noun

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

Origin of dead march

First recorded in 1595–1605

Words Nearby dead march

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How to use dead march in a sentence

Bid your band silence that dead march, or, by my word, they shall have sufficient cause for their lugubrious strains.
Twice Told Tales | Nathaniel Hawthorne
At last she seemed on the point of bursting into tears; and, suddenly changing the music, she began playing a dead-march.
David Elginbrod | George MacDonald
It is like the dead-march of a gnat amid the trumpeting of elephants and the roaring of lions.
Martin Eden | Jack London

British Dictionary definitions for dead march

dead march

noun

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

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