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MARSHALL

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 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 ("marshall" is a kind of...):

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

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

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))

Sense 2

Meaning:

(in some countries) a military officer of highest rank

Synonyms:

marshal; marshall

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("marshall" 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 "marshall"):

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))

Sense 3

Meaning:

United States jurist; as chief justice of the Supreme Court he established the principles of United States constitutional law (1755-1835)

Synonyms:

John Marshall; Marshall

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

chief justice (the judge who presides over a supreme court)

jurist; legal expert (a legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations)

Sense 4

Meaning:

United States general and statesman who as Secretary of State organized the European Recovery Program (1880-1959)

Synonyms:

George Catlett Marshall; George Marshall; Marshall

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

full general; general (a general officer of the highest rank)

national leader; solon; statesman (a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs)

Sense 5

Meaning:

United States actor (1914-1998)

Synonyms:

E. G. Marshall; Marshall

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

actor; histrion; player; role player; thespian (a theatrical performer)

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