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marshal /märˈshl/ noun- An officer in a royal household, orig the king's farrier, later having responsibility for military arrangements, the regulation of ceremonies, preservation of order, points of etiquette, etc
- Any official with similar functions
- A lawcourt officer with responsibility for prisoners
- A prison-keeper
- (at Oxford University) a proctor's attendant or bulldog
- The chief officer who regulated combats in the lists (historical)
- (in France and the French colonies) an officer of the highest military rank
- A civil officer appointed to execute the process of the courts (US)
- The chief officer of a police or fire brigade (US)
- A farrier (obsolete)
transitive verb (marˈshalling; marˈshalled)- To arrange in order
- To usher
- To combine in or with one coat of arms
intransitive verb To come together in order ORIGIN: OFr mareschal (Fr maréchal), from OHGer marah a horse, and schalh (Ger Schalk) a servant marˈshalcy noun - The rank, office or department of a marshal
- Esp (in the form Marˈshalsea) until 1842 a prison in Southwark, under the marshal of the royal household
marˈshaller noun marˈshalling noun marˈshalship noun marshalling yard noun A place where railway wagons are sorted out and made up into trains air-marshal, etc see under air field marshal see under field marshal of the Royal Air Force An officer of supreme rank in the Royal Air Force, ranking with an admiral of the fleet or a field marshal |