Definition of marshal
- n. - Originally, an officer who had the care of horses; a
groom.
- n. - An officer of high rank, charged with the arrangement of
ceremonies, the conduct of operations, or the like
- n. - One who goes before a prince to declare his coming and
provide entertainment; a harbinger; a pursuivant.
- n. - One who regulates rank and order at a feast or any other
assembly, directs the order of procession, and the like.
- n. - The chief officer of arms, whose duty it was, in ancient
times, to regulate combats in the lists.
- n. - The highest military officer.
- 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.
- v. t. - To dispose in order; to arrange in a suitable manner;
as, to marshal troops or an army.
- v. t. - To direct, guide, or lead.
- v. t. - To dispose in due order, as the different quarterings
on an escutcheon, or the different crests when several belong to an
achievement.