Definitions

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  • proper noun An English and Scottish status surname for someone who was in charge of the horses of a royal household, or an occupational surname for someone who looked after horses, or was responsible for the custody of prisoners.
  • proper noun A male given name, transferred use of the surname since nineteenth century.

Etymologies

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From marshal.

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Examples

  • The Montgomery County Fire Marshal is investigating the intentional burning of a county speed camera at about 2: 30 a.m.

    Speed camera torched in Gaithersburg Mary Pat Flaherty 2010

  • The warlord, adapted from the 3e Marshal, is less a fighter and more of a combat commander.

    4e PHB Readthrough – Chapter 4: Classes « Geek Related 2008

  • Sandra Tsing Loh, in "Marshal Plan" (March Atlantic), suggests that "today's cutting-edge parents" spank their children, and jovially commends them for doing so.

    Letters to the Editor 2005

  • Just a few months earlier, in "Marshal Plan" (March 2005), Sandra Tsing Loh hailed what she saw as the beginnings of a fall from favor of the "soft-serve" style of parenting that seeks, above all else, to foster children's self-esteem.

    The Best Interests of the Child 2005

  • Just a few months earlier, in "Marshal Plan" (March 2005), Sandra Tsing Loh hailed what she saw as the beginnings of a fall from favor of the "soft-serve" style of parenting that seeks, above all else, to foster children's self-esteem.

    The Best Interests of the Child 2005

  • Just a few months earlier, in "Marshal Plan" (March 2005), Sandra Tsing Loh hailed what she saw as the beginnings of a fall from favor of the "soft-serve" style of parenting that seeks, above all else, to foster children's self-esteem.

    The Best Interests of the Child 2005

  • Sandra Tsing Loh, in "Marshal Plan" (March Atlantic), suggests that "today's cutting-edge parents" spank their children, and jovially commends them for doing so.

    Letters to the Editor 2005

  • Just a few months earlier, in "Marshal Plan" (March 2005), Sandra Tsing Loh hailed what she saw as the beginnings of a fall from favor of the "soft-serve" style of parenting that seeks, above all else, to foster children's self-esteem.

    The Best Interests of the Child 2005

  • Michael de Certeau, “Practices of Space”, in Marshal Blonsky On Signs (Basil Blackwell, London, 1985) pp. 122-49.

    TerraServer, Part II 2005

  • Michael de Certeau, “Practices of Space”, in Marshal Blonsky On Signs (Basil Blackwell, London, 1985) pp. 122-49.

    Archive 2005-06-01 2005

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