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Anglo-Norman marescal, marschal, Old French marescal, mareschal (farrier; military commander), from Late Latin mariscalcus (groom, army commander, court dignitary), either from Frankish *marhskalk[1], or from Old High German marah-scalc (horse-servant)[2], from Proto-Germanic *marhaz + *skalkaz (whence Old Saxon maraskalk, marahscalc). Compare English mare + shalk.

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marshal (plural marshals)

  1. 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. A sheriff's assistant.

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marshal (third-person singular simple present marshals, present participle marshalling or marshaling, simple past and past participle marshalled or marshaled)

  1. to arrange troops etc. in line for inspection or a parade
  2. (by extension) to arrange facts etc. in some methodical order
  3. to ceremoniously guide, conduct or usher
  4. to gather data for transmission

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  1. ^marshal” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001
  2. ^ marshal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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