marshal

English Thesaurus

1. a law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law (noun.person)

hypernym	:	law officer, lawman, peace officer,
definition	:	an officer of the law (noun.person)

hyponym	:	air marshal, sky marshal,
definition	:	a person trained by the government in hijacking and terrorist tactics who (for security reasons) is a passenger aboard an airline flight (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	hickock, james butler hickock, wild bill hickock,
definition	:	frontier marshal whose adventures have become legendary (1837-1876) (noun.person)

2. (in some countries) a military officer of highest rank (noun.person)

hypernym	:	commissioned military officer,
definition	:	a commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marine Corps (noun.person)

hyponym	:	field marshal,
definition	:	an officer holding the highest rank in the army (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	baron hugh caswall tremenheere dowding, dowding, dowdy, hugh dowding,
definition	:	British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970) (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	bomber harris, harris, sir arthur travers harris,
definition	:	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) (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	duc d'elchingen, michel ney, ney,
definition	:	French marshal in the Napoleonic Wars (1769-1815) (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	comte de saxe, hermann maurice saxe, marshal saxe, saxe,
definition	:	a French marshal who distinguished himself in the War of the Austrian Succession (1696-1750) (noun.person)

domain category	:	armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine,
definition	:	the military forces of a nation (noun.group)

3. make ready for action or use (verb.change)

hypernym	:	collect, garner, gather, pull together,
definition	:	assemble or get together (verb.contact)

4. arrange in logical order (verb.contact)

hypernym	:	arrange, set up,
definition	:	put into a proper or systematic order (verb.contact)

5. place in proper rank (verb.motion)

hypernym	:	lay, place, pose, position, put, set,
definition	:	put into a certain place or abstract location (verb.contact)

6. lead ceremoniously, as in a procession (verb.motion)

hypernym	:	show, usher,
definition	:	take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums (verb.motion)

7. a law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law (noun.person)

derivation	:	marshalship, marshalship,
definition	:	the post of marshall (noun.act)

8. (in some countries) a military officer of highest rank (noun.person)

derivation	:	marshal,
definition	:	place in proper rank (verb.motion)

9. make ready for action or use (verb.change)

derivation	:	militarisation, militarization, mobilisation, mobilization,
definition	:	act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: (noun.act)

derivation	:	mobilisation, mobilization,
definition	:	act of marshaling and organizing and making ready for use or action (noun.act)

10. place in proper rank (verb.motion)

derivation	:	marshal, marshall,
definition	:	(in some countries) a military officer of highest rank (noun.person)

11. a law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law (noun.person)

derivation	:	marshalship, marshalship,
definition	:	the post of marshall (noun.act)

12. (in some countries) a military officer of highest rank (noun.person)

derivation	:	marshal,
definition	:	place in proper rank (verb.motion)

13. make ready for action or use (verb.change)

derivation	:	militarisation, militarization, mobilisation, mobilization,
definition	:	act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: (noun.act)

derivation	:	mobilisation, mobilization,
definition	:	act of marshaling and organizing and making ready for use or action (noun.act)

14. place in proper rank (verb.motion)

derivation	:	marshal, marshall,
definition	:	(in some countries) a military officer of highest rank (noun.person)