Marshal
['mɑːʃ(ə)l] or ['mɑrʃəl]
Definition
(noun.) a law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law.
(noun.) (in some countries) a military officer of highest rank.
(verb.) arrange in logical order; 'marshal facts or arguments'.
(verb.) place in proper rank; 'marshal the troops'.
(verb.) lead ceremoniously, as in a procession.
Editor: Omar--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Originally, an officer who had the care of horses; a groom.
(n.) An officer of high rank, charged with the arrangement of ceremonies, the conduct of operations, or the like
(n.) One who goes before a prince to declare his coming and provide entertainment; a harbinger; a pursuivant.
(n.) One who regulates rank and order at a feast or any other assembly, directs the order of procession, and the like.
(n.) The chief officer of arms, whose duty it was, in ancient times, to regulate combats in the lists.
(n.) The highest military officer.
(n.) A ministerial officer, appointed for each judicial district of the United States, to execute the process of the courts of the United States, and perform various duties, similar to those of a sheriff. The name is also sometimes applied to certain police officers of a city.
(v. t.) To dispose in order; to arrange in a suitable manner; as, to marshal troops or an army.
(v. t.) To direct, guide, or lead.
(v. t.) To dispose in due order, as the different quarterings on an escutcheon, or the different crests when several belong to an achievement.
Checker: Valerie
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Arrange, range, rank, dispose, array, draw up, set in order.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See ORDER_and_ARRANGE]
Editor: Ronda
Definition
n. an officer charged with the regulation of ceremonies preservation of order points of etiquette &c.: the chief officer who regulated combats in the lists: a pursuivant or harbinger: a herald: in France an officer of the highest military rank: (U.S.) the civil officer of a district corresponding to the sheriff of a county in England.—v.t. to arrange in order: to lead as a herald:—pr.p. mar′shalling; pa.t. and pa.p. mar′shalled.—ns. Mar′shaller one who marshals; Mar′shalling act of arranging in due order; Mar′shalsea till 1842 a prison in Southwark under the marshal of the royal household; Mar′shalship office of marshal.
Editor: Maris
Examples
- And the anti-Christian German philosopher, Nietzsche, found himself quite at one with the pious field-marshal. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In consequence of this law, when Memphis was occupied the provost-marshal had forcibly collected all the evidences he could obtain of such debts. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Then there are the Prooshians under the gallant Prince Marshal. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- There was the room the Marshal had lent her, up-stairs, in which they could wait for her, if they pleased. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Went into the Marshal's house once to try a new piano for him. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The care of his stables was committed to the lord constable and the lord marshal. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- But High Marshal of England! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- We were marshalled in order and soon started. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- And they all said yes, feeling somehow like prisoners marshalled for exercise. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I marshalled him to it, he scolding all the way. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Bonaparte's marshals are great men, who act under the guidance of an omnipotent master-spirit. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The acclamations of thousands applauded the unanimous award of the Prince and marshals, announcing that day's honours to the Disinherited Knight. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The marshals then withdrew from the lists, and William de Wyvil, with a voice of thunder, pronounced the signal words--Laissez aller! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Northern marshals became slave-catchers, and Northern courts had to contribute to the support and protection of the institution. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I believe Wellington will flog Bonaparte's marshals into the sea the day it pleases him to lift his arm. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- More and angrier words would have been exchanged, but the marshals, crossing their lances betwixt them, compelled them to separate. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Truly disappointment is the guardian deity of human life; she sits at the threshold of unborn time, and marshals the events as they come forth. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The squire departed with a profound reverence, and in a few minutes returned, marshalling in Isaac of York. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- One truth after another was marshalling itself silently against her and keeping its ground. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Editor: Sidney