Usually means: Slow, solemn music for funerals.
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  1. dead march: Merriam-Webster
  2. dead march: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dead march: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  6. dead-march, dead march: Wordnik
  7. dead-march, dead march: Wiktionary
  8. dead march: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
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  11. dead march: FreeDictionary.org
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  14. dead march: Infoplease Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (dead march)

noun:  (music) A mournful, deliberately-paced musical work suitable for a funeral or remembrance ceremony.
noun:  (capitalized) Any of several particular notable musical works of this kind, such as the Marche funèbre by Frédéric Chopin or the funeral anthem in George Frideric Handel's Saul.

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