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FIELD MARSHAL

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An officer holding the highest rank in the army

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("field marshal" is a kind of...):

marshal; marshall ((in some countries) a military officer of highest rank)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Instance hyponyms:

Hindenburg; Paul Ludwig von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg; Paul von Hindenburg (German field marshal and statesman; as president of the Weimar Republic he reluctantly appointed Hitler as chancellor in 1933 (1847-1934))

Joffre; Joseph Jacques Cesaire Joffre (French field marshal who commanded the Allied armies in France during World War II (1852-1931))

First Earl Kitchener of Khartoum; Herbert Kitchener; Horatio Herbert Kitchener; Kitchener (British field marshal (1850-1916))

Kutuzov; Mikhail Ilarionovich Kutuzov; Prince of Smolensk (Russian field marshal who commanded the Russian opposition to Napoleon (1745-1813))

Desert Fox; Erwin Rommel; Rommel (German field marshal noted for brilliant generalship in North Africa during World War II (1891-1944))

Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt; Rundstedt; von Rundstedt (German field marshal in World War II who directed the conquest of Poland and led the Ardennes counteroffensive (1875-1953))

Archibald Percival Wavell; First Earl Wavell; Wavell (British field marshal in North Africa in World War II; he defeated the Italians before being defeated by the Germans (1883-1950))

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