marshal

Meaning

Noun

1. (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.
2. 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.
3. A person in charge of the ceremonial arrangement and management of a gathering.
4. (US) A federal lawman.
5. 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.

Verb

1. To arrange (troops, etc.) in line for inspection or a parade.
2. (broadly) To arrange (facts, etc.) in some methodical order.
3. To ceremoniously guide, conduct or usher.
4. To gather data for transmission.
5. (transitive) To serialize an object into a marshalled state represented by a sequence of bytes that can later be converted back into an object with equivalent properties.

Synonyms

warden

warder

watchman

guard

💂

guardian

array

marshall

organize

dispose

combine

assemble

policeman

👮‍♂️

charge

adjust

field marshal

observer

arrange

range

bailiff

collate

put up

summon

duty period

muster

draw up

line up

mobilise

generalissimo

deploy

custody

lead

mobilize

commander-in-chief

coordinate

conservation

captain

conduct

concentrate

brief

compose

compile

book

📖

fund

focalize

come up

beacon

arrangement

fort

fix up

fix

Translations

maréchal

mariscal

Marschall

wacht

hoeder

marechal

Wächter

💂

Gardist

bewaker

💂

gustos

bewaarder

guarda

💂

wachter

💂

bekçi

💂

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmɑːʃəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: marschal

Cognate with Old Saxon: maraskalk

Cognate with English: mare

In summary

From Middle English marschal, from Anglo-Norman mareschal (“farrier; military commander”), from Medieval Latin mariscalcus (“groom, army commander, court dignitary”), either from Frankish *marhaskalk, or Old High German marah-scalc (“horse-servant”), from Proto-West Germanic *marh + *skalk (whence Old Saxon maraskalk, marahscalc). Compare English mare + shalk.

Sentences

In the same year he was created marshal .