marshal : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a person trained by the government in hijacking and terrorist tactics who (for security reasons) is a passenger aboard an airline flight
  air marshal.
  

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• one who acts as marshal for a court.

Webster 1913

• noun an officer of the English peerage who organizes royal processions and other ceremonies
  

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Earl" mar"shal

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1. An officer of state in England who marshals and orders all great ceremonials, takes cognizance of matters relating to honor, arms, and pedigree, and directs the proclamation of peace and war. The court of chivalry was formerly under his jurisdiction, and he is still the head of the herald's office or college of arms.

Webster 1913

• 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. Brande & C.

Webster 1913

• 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.

Webster 1913

• noun an officer holding the highest rank in the army
  

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• (Mil.), the highest military rank conferred in the British and other European armies.

Webster 1913

• noun the head of a fire department
  fire chief.
  

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Knight" mar"shal

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1. (Eng. Law) An officer in the household of the British sovereign, who has cognizance of transgressions within the royal household and verge, and of contracts made there, a member of the household being one of the parties. Wharton.

Webster 1913

• 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.

Webster 1913

• formerly the title of the officer who had the custody of the Queen's bench prison in Southwark. Mozley & W.

Webster 1913

• noun a French marshal who distinguished himself in the War of the Austrian Succession (1696-1750)
  Saxe; Hermann Maurice Saxe; comte de Saxe.
  

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• noun Yugoslav statesman who led the resistance to German occupation during World War II and established a communist state after the war (1892-1980)
  Tito; Josip Broz.
  

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• noun a railway yard in which trains are assembled and goods are loaded
  

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• noun the supervisor of the military police
  

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• (a) (Mil.) An officer appointed in every army, in the field, to secure the prisoners confined on charges of a general nature. He also performs such other duties pertaining to police and discipline as the regulations of the service or the commander's orders impose upon him. (b) (Nav.) An officer who has charge of prisoners on trial by court-martial, serves notices to witnesses, etc.

Webster 1913

• noun a person trained by the government in hijacking and terrorist tactics who (for security reasons) is a passenger aboard an airline flight
  air marshal.
  

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• noun 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
  United States Marshals Service; Marshals.
  

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• noun 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
  United States Marshals Service; Marshals.
  

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