Definitions for march-past

march-past march-past

Spelling: [mahrch-past, -pahst]
IPA: /ˈmɑrtʃˌpæst, -ˌpɑst/

March-Past is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 497 anagrams from letters in march-past (-aachmprst).

Definitions for march-past

noun

  1. a parade or procession, especially of troops past a reviewing stand.

Origin of march-past

First recorded in 1875-80; noun use of verb phrase march past

Examples for march-past

But now, let us suppose it is the occasion of the march-past, in the grounds of the Lyceum, before the javelin-throwing.

Then came a picture of the main square of Louvain, with a group of generals waiting for the march-past and the salute.

I have been here several days, watching them come and go; it is like the march-past of an army.

Their consorts with their suite watched the march-past from landaus.

We had hit a lucky moment, evidently there was going to be a march-past or some thing like that.

The march-past after a victory is a thing to drive the heart mad with jubilation; but this one was a thing to break it.

The footpaths were lined pretty thickly with loungers who had stood to watch the march-past of a regiment of Zeibecks.

His Majesty hopes, when the march-past is over, to receive a march-up of fair ladies.

Word Value for march-past
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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