marshall

Other forms: marshalls

Definitions of marshall

1. noun

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

   examples:

   Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding

   British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970)

   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

   French marshal in the Napoleonic Wars (1769-1815)

   Hermann Maurice Saxe

   a French marshal who distinguished himself in the War of the Austrian Succession (1696-1750)

   types:

   field marshal

   an officer holding the highest rank in the army

   type of:

   commissioned military officer

   a commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marine Corps
2. noun

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

   examples:

   James Butler Hickock

   frontier marshal whose adventures have become legendary (1837-1876)

   types:

   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

   type of:

   law officer, lawman, peace officer

   an officer of the law