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MARSHAL

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Irregular inflected forms: marshalled    , marshalling   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law

Synonyms:

marshal; marshall

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

law officer; lawman; peace officer (an officer of the law)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "marshal"):

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

Instance hyponyms:

Hickock; James Butler Hickock; Wild Bill Hickock (frontier marshal whose adventures have become legendary (1837-1876))

Derivation:

marshalship (the post of marshall)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(in some countries) a military officer of highest rank

Synonyms:

marshal; marshall

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

commissioned military officer (a commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marine Corps)

Domain category:

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "marshal"):

field marshal (an officer holding the highest rank in the army)

Instance hyponyms:

Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding; Dowding; Dowdy; Hugh Dowding (British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970))

Bomber Harris; Harris; Sir Arthur Travers Harris (British marshal of the Royal Air Force; during World War II he directed mass bombing raids against German cities that resulted in heavy civilian casualties (1892-1984))

Duc d'Elchingen; Michel Ney; Ney (French marshal in the Napoleonic Wars (1769-1815))

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

Derivation:

marshal (place in proper rank)

marshalship (the post of marshall)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make ready for action or use

Example:

marshal resources

Synonyms:

marshal; mobilise; mobilize; summon

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "marshal" is one way to...):

collect; garner; gather; pull together (assemble or get together)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Arrange in logical order

Example:

marshal facts or arguments

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "marshal" is one way to...):

arrange; set up (put into a proper or systematic order)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Place in proper rank

Example:

marshal the troops

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "marshal" is one way to...):

lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

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

Sense 4

Meaning:

Lead ceremoniously, as in a procession

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "marshal" is one way to...):

show; usher (take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP

Credits

 Context examples: 

“'Fore God, it is sooth!” cried the other; “I had forgot it. The provost-marshal and his men tore us apart when last we met.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He is to be marshal of the lists, with Sir William Felton and the Duc d'Armagnac.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The provost-marshal with his archers is coming this way, and some of you may find yourselves in the stretch-neck, if you take not heed.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

By your leave, I have no doubt that you are skilled in land fighting and the marshalling of lances, but, by my soul! you will find it another thing upon the sea.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Then, amid a long-drawn breath from the spectators, the glove fell from the marshal's hand, and the two steel-clad horsemen met like a thunderclap in front of the royal stand.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Or mayhap they have come to the mouth of the gorge, and are marshalling their ranks.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In front stood the bow-men, ten deep, with a fringe of under-officers, who paced hither and thither marshalling the ranks with curt precept or short rebuke.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You mind last year when he came down to Malwood, with his inner marshal and his outer marshal, his justiciar, his seneschal, and his four and twenty guardsmen.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“By Thomas of Kent! we shall make a camp-marshal of thee, and thou shalt draw up rules for our jousting. But, John, who is it that you would uphold in this knightly and pleasing fashion?”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Not a pullet shall we see until we are in front of them; so I shall leave my Winchester runagates to the care of the provost-marshal, and I shall hie south with you, Nigel, with my truffles at my saddle-bow.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)