an official of the royal household who adjudicated in the Marshalsea court; = knight marshal n. (b) at knight, n. compounds 2. Now historical.

A chief official of a royal household or court; a high officer of state. (Usually in form marischal.) In Scotland. Obsolete.

†(a) a military officer, acting as a quartermaster; often used to render classical Latin tribunus militum (obsolete); (b) an officer in the royal…

A chief official of a royal household or court; a high officer of state. In full Marshal of Ireland; also marshal of the (king's, queen's) army in Ir…