English
marchman
From march + -man.
Formed from march + -man
Proto-Germanic *marką ‘mark’
…
Frankish *markōn ‘to mark’
Old French marchier ‘to stride’
Middle French marcher ‘to march’
Middle English marchen
English march
Today it means
noun A person living in the marchland (border regions) between England and Scotland or England and Wales.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / marchman