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Marshals   /mˈɑrʃəlz/   Listen
Marshals

noun
1.
The United States' oldest federal law enforcement agency is responsible today for protecting the Federal Judiciary and transporting federal prisoners and protecting federal witnesses and managing assets seized from criminals and generally ensuring the effective operation of the federal judicial system.  Synonyms: United States Marshals Service, US Marshals Service.


Marshal

noun
1.
A law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law.  Synonym: marshall.
2.
(in some countries) a military officer of highest rank.  Synonym: marshall.
verb
(past & past part. marshaled or marshalled; pres. part. marshaling or marshalling)
1.
Place in proper rank.
2.
Arrange in logical order.
3.
Make ready for action or use.  Synonyms: mobilise, mobilize, summon.
4.
Lead ceremoniously, as in a procession.



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"Marshals" Quotes from Famous Books



... Juan decided to ask his magic ring for a tower which should stand beside the palace of the king. During the night the tower was erected; it was garrisoned with field-marshals, colonels, and soldiers. Early in the morning the king was surprised to see this tall tower standing beside his palace. He said to himself, "I rule the kingdom, and the kingdom is mine; this tower is in my kingdom, therefore the tower is ...
— Filipino Popular Tales • Dean S. Fansler
... marshals of France, and claimed their right of commanding the army under the orders of the king; but the cardinal, who feared that Bassompierre, a Huguenot at heart, might press but feebly the English and Rochellais, his brothers in religion, supported the Duc d'Angouleme, ...
— The Three Musketeers • Alexandre Dumas, Pere
... it to a coffee brown. His hair was as black and straight as an Indian's; his face had not yet been upturned to the humiliation of a razor; his eyes were a cold and steady blue. He carried his left arm somewhat away from his body, for pearl-handled .45s are frowned upon by town marshals, and are a little bulky when packed in the left armhole of one's vest. He looked beyond Captain Boone at the gulf with the impersonal and expressionless ...
— The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X) • Various
... touched all hearts in that way, had his course of life and education led him thitherward. The grand fundamental character is that of Great Man; that the man be great. Napoleon has words in him which are like Austerlitz Battles. Louis Fourteenth's Marshals are a kind of poetical men withal; the things Turenne says are full of sagacity and geniality, like sayings of Samuel Johnson. The great heart, the clear deep-seeing eye: there it lies; no man whatever, in what province soever, can prosper at all without these. ...
— English Critical Essays - Nineteenth Century • Various
... Rover, and even as L'Olonnois with grim determination planted the Jolly Rover above our bows, and as I tossed aboard the cargo of our former craft, Lafitte cranked her up with master hand, threw in the gear, and with a steady eye headed her for midstream, where town marshals ...
— The Lady and the Pirate - Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive • Emerson Hough


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