marshal

marshal is a 7-letter English word with 16 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Originally, an officer who had the care of horses; a groom. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 13 · 16 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Originally, an officer who had the care of horses; a groom.
2. noun. An officer of high rank, charged with the arrangement of ceremonies, the conduct of operations, or the like
3. noun. One who goes before a prince to declare his coming and provide entertainment; a harbinger; a pursuivant.
4. noun. One who regulates rank and order at a feast or any other assembly, directs the order of procession, and the like.
5. noun. The chief officer of arms, whose duty it was, in ancient times, to regulate combats in the lists.
6. noun. The highest military officer.
7. noun. 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.
8. transitive verb. To dispose in order; to arrange in a suitable manner; as, to marshal troops or an army.
9. transitive verb. To direct, guide, or lead.
10. transitive verb. To dispose in due order, as the different quarterings on an escutcheon, or the different crests when several belong to an achievement.
11. noun. a law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law

    Synonyms: marshall

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

    Synonyms: marshall

13. verb. make ready for action or use

    "marshal resources"

    Synonyms: mobilise, mobilize, summon

14. verb. arrange in logical order

    "marshal facts or arguments"

15. verb. place in proper rank

    "marshal the troops"

16. verb. lead ceremoniously, as in a procession

Synonyms

marshall, mobilise, mobilize, summon

Common word forms

marshals, marshaled, marshaler, marshaling, marshalled, marshaller, marshalling, marshalment

Words from these letters

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