Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A course of action; a maneuver.
- noun A diplomatic representation or protest.
- noun A statement or protest addressed by citizens to public authorities.
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- noun A
diplomatic maneuver ; one handled withfinesse . - noun A protest launched through diplomatic measures
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French, from Old French demarche, gait, from demarchier, to march : de-, de- + marchier, to march; see march.]
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Borrowing from French démarche, from Middle French, from 12th century demarcher ("to march"), from Old French demarchier, from de- + marchier.
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john commented on the word démarche
“Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who had been the most senior U.S. official to talk of the seriousness of the breach, discussed it on Thursday with a Chinese diplomat in Washington, however, and a senior administration official said there would be a “démarche in coming days” — a diplomatic move.”
The New York Times, After Google’s Loud Stance on China, U.S. Treads Lightly, by David E. Sanger and John Markoff, January 14, 2010
January 15, 2010