marshalmann.
/ˈmɑːʃ(ə)lmən/, U.S. /ˈmɑrʃəlmən/ Now historical.† 1. Usually in form marshal man. A soldier, esp. one under the command of a knight marshal (see knight marshal n. (a) at knight n. Compounds 2). Obsolete (archaic in later use).
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > [noun]
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1575 T. Churchyard 1st Pt. Chippes f. 93 At hand did warrs aproetch Than marshall men, in coats of Iron and steell With great regard.
1606 N. Baxter Sir Philip Sydneys Ouránia sig. M4 Fitter were his hands to vse a pen, Then mannage Armes with any Marshall men.
1688 W. Scot True Hist. Families i. 7 He spoils more Enemies now and then, Than many hundreds of your marshal-men.
1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. xiv. 272 These, fair sir, are neither your comrades nor mine—neither Archers nor Marshalmen.
2. An officer of the English royal household with processional duties. See marshal's man n. 2. Also more fully king's marshalman.
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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > one who clears the way
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1763 Brit. Mag. 4 219 1st, the king's marshalmen, two and two.
1779 Ann. Reg. 1778 175 The court then proceeded to the election of a marshalman.
1879 Daily Chron. 26 June William Willshire, formerly marshalman at Hampton Court Palace.
1902 Westm. Gaz. 11 Aug. 9/1 His Majesty's Marshalmen, in scarlet.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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