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marsh

UK/mɑː(ɹ)ʃ/ US/mɑɹʃ/ fairly common

noun

1.

low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water

  • “thousands of acres of marshland”
  • “the fens of eastern England”
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2.

United States painter (1898-1954)

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3.

New Zealand writer of detective stories (1899-1982)

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Origin

From Middle English merssh, from Old English mersċ, merisċ, from Proto-West Germanic *marisk, derived from *mari, equivalent to mere (“sea, body of water”) + -ish.

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