marshall

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

instance hypernym	:	chief justice,
definition	:	the judge who presides over a supreme court (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	jurist, legal expert,
definition	:	a legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations (noun.person)

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

instance hypernym	:	full general, general,
definition	:	a general officer of the highest rank (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	national leader, solon, statesman,
definition	:	a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs (noun.person)

5. United States actor (1914-1998) (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	actor, histrion, player, role player, thespian,
definition	:	a theatrical performer (noun.person)

6. 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)

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

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

8. 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)

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

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

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