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ˈMarshalate
[f. marshal n. + -ate1.]
1. The period of the rule of Marshal MacMahon as President of the French Republic (1873–79).
1874Daily News 12 Jan. 5/2 What if we are to have a second Marshalate in Europe? 1889W. S. Lilly Cent. Revolut. 2 This is the movement..which, thwarted for eighteen years by the Second Empire, and for five years more by the Marshalate, has since [etc.].
b. The order of Marshal in the French army.
1945R. Hargreaves Enemy at Gate 80 Commanders..ear-marked..for ultimate promotion to the Marshalate of France. 1973Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Nov. 1390/4 A slighter but handsomely produced and welcome book on the marshalate. Napoleon's Marshals is partly [etc.].
2. (With lower-case initial.) U.S. The office of a marshal (cf. marshal n. 9 a).
1954W. Faulkner Fable 159 After some months under the threat of the full marshalate, he compromised with his father on the simple deputyship. |