countermarch

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From counter- + march.

Alexander, who had reached Myriandrus in Syria, made a countermarch to meet Darius. — The Anabasis of Alexander : $b or, The history of the wars and conquests of Alexander the Great, Arrian
"Battalion! file left! countermarch!" cried the chief, "This young orphaned maid hath full cause for her grief." — Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two, Various
Its pages teem with word-painting of hair-breadth escapes, of marches, of countermarches, bivouacs and battles without number. — Sword and Pen: Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier, John Algernon Owens

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