Countermarch

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A march back or in a reverse direction.
  • n. A complete reversal of method or conduct.
  • v. To execute or cause to execute a countermarch.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A march back along the same route
  • v. To march back along the same route
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To march back, or to march in reversed order.
  • n. A marching back; retrocession.
  • n. An evolution by which a body of troops change front or reverse the direction of march while retaining the same men in the front rank; also, a movement by which the rear rank becomes the front one, either with or without changing the right to the left.
  • n. A change of measures; alteration of conduct.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To march back.
  • Milit., to execute a countermarch. See countermarch, n., 2.
  • n. A marching back; a returning.
  • n. Milit., a change of the wings or face of a body of men, so as to bring the right to the left or the front to the rear, and retain the same men in the front rank: or a rear rank may become a front rank by countermarching round the end of the latter, which remains stationary.
  • n. Figuratively, a complete change or reversal of measures or conduct.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. change the order of soldiers during a march
  • v. march back along the same way
  • n. (military) a march in the reverse direction or back along the same route
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