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- Marshal - n. - Originally, an officer who had the care of horses; a groom.
- Marshal - n. - An officer of high rank, charged with the arrangement of ceremonies, the conduct of operations, or the like
- Marshal - n. - One who goes before a prince to declare his coming and provide entertainment; a harbinger; a pursuivant.
- Marshal - n. - One who regulates rank and order at a feast or any other assembly, directs the order of procession, and the like.
- Marshal - n. - The chief officer of arms, whose duty it was, in ancient times, to regulate combats in the lists.
- Marshal - n. - The highest military officer.
- Marshal - n. - A ministerial officer, appointed for each judicial district of the United States, to execute the process of the courts of the United States, and perform various duties, similar to those of a sheriff. The name is also sometimes applied to certain police officers of a city.
- Marshal - v. t. - To dispose in order; to arrange in a suitable manner; as, to marshal troops or an army.
- Marshal - v. t. - To direct, guide, or lead.
- Marshal - v. t. - To dispose in due order, as the different quarterings on an escutcheon, or the different crests when several belong to an achievement.
- Marshaled - imp. & p. p. - of Marshal
- Marshaler - n. - One who marshals.
- Marshaling - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Marshal
- Marshaling - n. - The act of arranging in due order.
- Marshaling - n. - The arrangement of an escutcheon to exhibit the alliances of the owner.
- Marshalled - - of Marshal
- Marshalling - - of Marshal
- Marshalsea - n. - The court or seat of a marshal; hence, the prison in Southwark, belonging to the marshal of the king's household.
- Marshalship - n. - The office of a marshal.
- Archmarshal - n. - The grand marshal of the old German empire, a dignity that to the Elector of Saxony.
- Marshal - v. t. - To dispose in order; to arrange in a suitable manner; as, to marshal troops or an army.
- Verge - n. - The compass of the court of Marshalsea and the Palace court, within which the lord steward and the marshal of the king's household had special jurisdiction; -- so called from the verge, or staff, which the marshal bore.
- Marshalsea - n. - The court or seat of a marshal; hence, the prison in Southwark, belonging to the marshal of the king's household.