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An English and Scottish status surname from Middle English for someone who was in charge of the horses of a royal household, or an occupational surname for someone who looked after horses, or was responsible for the custody of prisoners.
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name
A male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage.
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noun
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.
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Usage: historical
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noun
A military officer of the highest rank in several countries, including France and the former Soviet Union; equivalent to a general of the army in the United States. See also field marshal.
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noun
A person in charge of the ceremonial arrangement and management of a gathering.
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noun
A federal lawman.
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Usage: US
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noun
An official responsible for signalling track conditions to drivers (through use of flags), extinguishing fires, removing damaged cars from the track, and sometimes providing emergency first aid.
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Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, motor-racing, racing, sports
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verb
To arrange (troops, etc.) in line for inspection or a parade.
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verb
To arrange (facts, etc.) in some methodical order.
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Usage: broadly
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verb
To ceremoniously guide, conduct or usher.
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verb
To gather data for transmission.
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verb
To serialize an object into a marshalled state represented by a sequence of bytes that can later be converted back into an object with equivalent properties.
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Usage: transitive
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
a law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: marshall
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Broader terms: lawman, law officer, peace officer
Narrower terms: air marshal, sky marshal, Hickock, Wild Bill Hickock, James Butler Hickock
noun
(in some countries) a military officer of highest rank
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Synonyms: marshall
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Broader terms: commissioned military officer
Narrower terms: field marshal, Dowding, Hugh Dowding, Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, Dowdy, Harris, Bomber Harris, Sir Arthur Travers Harris, Ney, Michel Ney, Duc d'Elchingen, Saxe, Hermann Maurice Saxe, comte de Saxe, Marshal Saxe
verb
make ready for action or use
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: mobilize, mobilise, summon
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Broader terms: gather, garner, collect, pull together
verb
arrange in logical order
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Broader terms: arrange, set up
verb
place in proper rank
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Broader terms: put, set, place, pose, position, lay
verb
lead ceremoniously, as in a procession
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Broader terms: usher, show
History
From marshal.
From Middle English marschal, from Anglo-Norman mareschal (“farrier; military commander”), from Medieval Latin mariscalcus (“groom, army commander, court dignitary”), either from Frankish *marhaskalk, or Old High German marah-scalc (“horse-servant”), from Proto-West Germanic *marh + *skalk (whence Old Saxon maraskalk, marahscalc). Compare English mare + shalk.
Across languages
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