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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:
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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