démarche

[ dey-marsh ]
/ deɪˈmarʃ /

noun, plural dé·marches [dey-marsh] /deɪˈmarʃ/. French.

an action or gesture by a diplomat, especially a formal appeal, protest, or the like.
a statement, protest, or the like presented to public officials by private citizens, interest groups, etc.
a procedure or step; move; maneuver.

Origin of démarche

literally, gait

Example sentences from the Web for demarche

  • A hotel would be nothing; you could call on anybody at a hotel, if you had to; but here would be a demarche indeed!

    Lady Baltimore |Owen Wister

British Dictionary definitions for demarche

démarche
/ French (demarʃ) /

noun

a move, step, or manoeuvre, esp in diplomatic affairs
a representation or statement of views, complaints, etc, to a public authority

Word Origin for démarche

C17: literally: walk, gait, from Old French demarcher to tread, trample; see de-, march 1