marshal
English
/ˈmɑːʃəl/, /ˈmɑɹʃəl/
noun
Definitions
- (historical) 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.
- 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.
- A person in charge of the ceremonial arrangement and management of a gathering.
- (US) A federal lawman.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English marchal derived from marescal derived from Old French marescal derived from Latin mariscalcus derived from Frankish marhskalk derived from Old High German marah-scalc (horse-servant) derived from Proto-Germanic *marhaz (horse).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*marhaz
Gloss
horse
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
馬
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Kraken Mare English
- archmarshal English
- field English
- field marshal English
- mare English
- marshalate English
- marshalcy English
- marshaler English
- marshaless English
- marshalship English
- nightmare English
- remarshal English
- seamare English
- submarshal English
- unmarshal English
- mariscalcus Latin
- maniscalco Italian
- *márkos Proto-Indo-European
- *marhaz Proto-Germanic
- *skalkaz Proto-Germanic
- mearh Old English
- erle marchal Middle English
- marchal Middle English
- mare Middle English
- marr Old Norse
- marskal Danish
- marescal Old French
- mareschal Old French
- marah Old High German
- marah-scalc Old High German
- maréchal de camp Middle French
- *𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌷𐍃 Gothic
- marschalk Middle Low German
- *marhskalk Frankish
- marhskalk Frankish
- marescal xno