Marshal

Quick meaning: Marshal is a noun meaning A person in charge of the ceremonial arrangement and management of a gathering.

Meaning

A person in charge of the ceremonial arrangement and management of a gathering.

More Meanings

1. (US) A federal lawman.
2. To arrange (troops, etc.) in line for inspection or a parade.
3. (by extension) To arrange (facts, etc.) in some methodical order.
4. To ceremoniously guide, conduct or usher.
5. 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.
6. (motor racing) 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.
7. (historical) 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.

Example Sentences

Our conquering ſwords ſhal marſhal vs the way UUe vſe to martch vpon the ſlaughtered foe: Trampling their bowels with our horſes hoofes: […]

This train is formed only of "Blue Spot" wagons for London; vans for Mac Fisheries Finsbury Park depot are marshalled at the rear to be detached at Finsbury Park.

Where stands Marshal Chiang Kai-shek in this conflict of opinion concerning the tactics which China should adopt towards the aggressor? Chiang Kai-shek, according to officials who know his mind with whom I have talked, is all for resistance- as soon as he thinks he can win!

Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins like a veteran army that had marched down to drink, only to be stricken motionless at the water’s edge.

Word Forms

• marshals
• marshall
• mareschal
• marshaling
• marshalling
• marshaled
• marshalled

Synonyms for marshal

Depending on context, synonyms include serialize, encode, summon, mobilize, marshall.

Antonyms for marshal

Common opposites include unmarshal, decode, deserialize, unserialize.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include marshall, summon, mobilize, bailiff, sheriff, lawman.

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