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  • 41marshal — [ˈmɑːʃ(ə)l] noun [C] I 1) someone whose job is to control a public or sports event 2) a police or FIRE BRIGADE officer of the highest rank in some parts of the US II verb [T] marshal [ˈmɑːʃ(ə)l] to organize people or things so that they can be… …

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  • 42Marshal —    The officer in the king s household who took care of the horses and other animals used for sport. During times of war, other duties were assigned to the Marshal …

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  • 43marshal — [13] Etymologically, a marshal is a ‘horse servant’. The word goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *markhaskalkaz ‘groom’, a compound based on *markhaz ‘horse’ (source of English mare [OE]) and *skalkaz ‘servant’. This was borrowed into late Latin …

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  • 44Marshal Law — Personnage de fiction apparaissant dans Marshal Law Alias Joe Gilmore Origine San Fururo (San …

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  • 45Marshal of the Royal Air Force — Marshal of the RAF Sir Hugh Trenchard Marshal of the Royal Air Force (MRAF) is the highest rank in the Royal Air Force.[1] In peacetime it was granted to RAF officers in the appointment of Chief of the Defence Staff, and to retired Chiefs o …

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  • 46Marshal's Star — The marshal s star (Russian: маршальская звезда) is an additional badge of rank worn by marshals of the armed forces of the USSR, and subsequently the Russian Federation. The armed forces of the former USSR and the Russian Federation have two… …

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  • 47Marshal (comics) — Marshal Publication information Publisher Marvel Comics Firs …

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  • 48Marshal of the Sejm — of the Republic of Poland Marszałek Sejmu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej Pommel of the Marshal s staff Presidum of the Sejm …

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  • 49Marshal of the Russian Federation — The star of the Marshal of the Russian Federation Marshal of the Russian Federation (Russian: Маршал Российской Федерации, Marshal Rossiyskoy Federatsii) is the highest military rank of …

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  • 50Marshal of the King's house — Marshal Mar shal, n. [OE. mareschal, OF. mareschal, F. mar[ e]chal, LL. mariscalcus, from OHG. marah scalc (G. marschall); marah horse + scalc servant (akin to AS. scealc, Goth. skalks). F. mar[ e]chal signifies, a marshal, and a farrier. See… …

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