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Marshal   /mˈɑrʃəl/   Listen
noun
Marshal  n.  
1.
Originally, an officer who had the care of horses; a groom. (Obs.)
2.
An officer of high rank, charged with the arrangement of ceremonies, the conduct of operations, or the like; as, specifically:
(a)
One who goes before a prince to declare his coming and provide entertainment; a harbinger; a pursuivant.
(b)
One who regulates rank and order at a feast or any other assembly, directs the order of procession, and the like.
(c)
The chief officer of arms, whose duty it was, in ancient times, to regulate combats in the lists.
(d)
(France) The highest military officer. In other countries of Europe a marshal is a military officer of high rank, and called field marshal.
(e)
(Am. Law) 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.
Earl marshal of England, the eighth officer of state; an honorary title, and personal, until made hereditary in the family of the Duke of Norfolk. During a vacancy in the office of high constable, the earl marshal has jurisdiction in the court of chivalry.
Earl marshal of Scotland, an officer who had command of the cavalry under the constable. This office was held by the family of Keith, but forfeited by rebellion in 1715.
Knight marshal, or Marshal of the King's house, formerly, in England, the marshal of the king's house, who was authorized to hear and determine all pleas of the Crown, to punish faults committed within the verge, etc. His court was called the Court of Marshalsea.
Marshal of the Queen's Bench, formerly the title of the officer who had the custody of the Queen's bench prison in Southwark.


verb
Marshal  v. t.  (past & past part. marshaled or marshalled; pres. part. marshaling or marshalling)  
1.
To dispose in order; to arrange in a suitable manner; as, to marshal troops or an army. "And marshaling the heroes of his name As, in their order, next to light they came."
2.
To direct, guide, or lead. "Thou marshalest me the way that I was going."
3.
(Her.) To dispose in due order, as the different quarterings on an escutcheon, or the different crests when several belong to an achievement.





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"Marshal" Quotes from Famous Books



... from the ten score drunken archers who followed me to Guienne. Yet, hush! little one, for your fair lady-mother will be here anon, and there is no need that she should know it. We will keep you from the provost-marshal this journey. Away to your chamber, sweeting, and keep a blithe face, for she who confesses is shriven. And now, fair mother," he continued, when his daughter had gone, "sit you here by the fire, for your blood runs colder than it did. Alleyne Edricson, I would have a word with you, for I would ...
— The White Company • Arthur Conan Doyle
... proceeded to quit as quickly and as quietly as possible, but nothing like order was observed in the return to the Palace. In fact, it was, for a considerable time, a scene of indescribable confusion. Arrangements had been made, by orders of the Earl Marshal, for the places at which the carriages of those who had to take part in the procession were to set down and take up; but, owing to the immense number of the carriages, the ignorance of many of the coachmen as to the prescribed ...
— Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign • John Ashton
... telegraphs, who out of office hours was a field-marshal, and when not in his shirt-sleeves always appeared in uniform, went over each word of the cablegram together. When Billy was assured that the field-marshal had grasped the full significance of it he took it back and added, "Love to Aunt Maria." The extra words cost four ...
— Somewhere in France • Richard Harding Davis
... the marshal and walked down with him to the bank. He unlocked the front door and turned to the ...
— The Yukon Trail - A Tale of the North • William MacLeod Raine
... as the cowboy observes the etiquette of the town, he will not be molested or "called down" by marshal or sheriff or citizen. There are four things your cowboy must not do. He must not insult a woman; he must not shoot his pistol in a store or bar-room; he must not ride his pony into those places of resort; ...
— Wolfville Nights • Alfred Lewis


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