marshal
31marshal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. array, dispose, order, arrange; mobilize, activate, assemble, collect, utilize. See arrangement. n. officer, authority, sheriff. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A high military officer] Syn. provost marshal …
32marshal — mar•shal [[t]ˈmɑr ʃəl[/t]] n. v. shaled, shal•ing (esp. brit.) shalled, shal•ling. 1) gov an administrative officer of a U.S. judicial district with duties similar to those of a sheriff 2) gov the chief of a police or fire department 3) gov a… …
33Marshal — Recorded in over fifty spelling forms including Marshal, Marshall, Marschall, Marschalleck, Marshalleck, Marskell, Mascall, Maskal, Maskell and Maskill, this is an English and French surname, but one of ultimately pre 7th century Germanic origins …
34marshal — n. a field marshal * * * [ mɑːʃ(ə)l] a field marshal …
35marshal — /ˈmaʃəl / (say mahshuhl) noun 1. a military officer of the highest rank. In many countries the title is modified by some other term, as in Australia field marshal, and in France marshal of France. 2. US an administrative officer of a judicial… …
36marshal — 1. noun /ˈmɑːʃəl,ˈmɑɹʃəl/ a) A high ranking officer in the household of a medieval prince or lord, who was originally in charge of the cavalry and later the military forces in general. b) A military officer of the highest rank in several… …
37Marshal — Orig. a servant of the king s household who worked as keeper of the king s horses; in time the position acquired authority as many in the king s household did. This position progressed, becoming the king s leading military office, known as earl… …
38marshal — Synonyms and related words: ADC, Abbot of Unreason, CO, G man, Lord of Misrule, MC, MP, OD, accouple, accumulate, adduce, advance, agglutinate, aide, aide de camp, align, allege, allocate, allot, amass, apportion, arrange, array, articulate,… …
39marshal — [13] Etymologically, a marshal is a ‘horse servant’. The word goes back to a 325 master prehistoric Germanic *markhaskalkaz ‘groom’, a compound based on *markhaz ‘horse’ (source of English mare [OE]) and *skalkaz ‘servant’. This was borrowed into …
40marshal — n 1. commander in chief, generalissimo, general of the army, five star general, field marshal. 2. sheriff, peace officer, law enforcement agent, arm of the law, Sl. long arm of the law, Sl.John Law; officer, executive officer, sergeant at arms. 3 …
