hunger march
- noun
- /ˈhʌŋɡər mɑrtʃ/
- Archaic
:
marcha del hambre
- In 1931, he helped organize a National Hunger March on Washington.
Examples
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The hunger march aimed to raise awareness about poverty and unemployment in the community.
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Radical moods are on the rise, hunger marches and strikes are increasing and the far left and far right are growing in strength.
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Maybe Joey was right; maybe the guy was a spy trying to find out about the Hunger March.
Fiction book (1999) -
In 1932, one of the five victims of police violence during the Ford Hunger March was Joe DeBlasio, an IWO Junior.
Academic text (1995) -
His new story, however, is a work of science fiction, not fantasy: it applies quantum mechanics to the city of assembly lines, mixes in real events like the Hunger March, and voilà!
Fiction book (1999) -
In 1931, he helped organize a National Hunger March on Washington to demand jobs for the unemployed.
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Laid-off workers held a hunger march in 1932 to protest against their lack of support from the government.
Synonyms
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A public walk for people to show support or protest for a cause
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A public walk by many people to show they disagree and ask for change
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Morphology
The meaning 'a protest march related to hunger or poverty' is directly derivable from combining 'hunger' (lack of food/need) with 'march' (an organized protest procession). This topic + event compounding is common cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will very likely infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
Hunger march comes from a simple image: people with hunger walking together in a march to show they needed food and jobs. So today it means 'a protest by people without work who ask for food, jobs, or help'.