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marchland

[ mahrch-land, -luhnd ]
/ ˈmɑrtʃˌlænd, -lənd /
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noun
borderland.
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Origin of marchland

First recorded in 1540–50; march2 + land

Words nearby marchland

March hare, marching girl, marching orders, marching orders, get one's, marchioness, marchland, march-order, marchpane, march-past, march to a different beat, Marcia
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Words related to marchland

edge, entrance, line, outpost, beginning, borderline, door, march, pale, perimeter, sideline, threshold, boundary, fringe, frontier

How to use marchland in a sentence

  • Eloise must seem to him and Jondo like the Mary Marchland they had known in their young manhood.

    Vanguards of the Plains|Margaret McCarter

  • That beauty shone resplendent now in the beautiful face of Mary Marchland's daughter.

    Vanguards of the Plains|Margaret McCarter

  • In Marchland a woman used to bleed patients for a few pence per arm.

    The Funny Side of Physic|A. D. Crabtre

British Dictionary definitions for marchland

marchland
/ (ˈmɑːtʃˌlænd, -lənd) /
noun
a less common word for borderland, march 2
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