Marshal

mär′shal, n. an officer charged with the regulation of ceremonies, preservation of order, points of etiquette, .: the chief officer who regulated combats in the lists: a pursuivant or harbinger: a herald: in France, an officer of the highest military rank: ( U.S. ) the civil officer of a district, corresponding to the sheriff of a county in England.— v.t. to arrange in order: to lead, as a herald:— pr.p. mar′shall ing; pa.t. and pa.p. mar′shalled. — ns. Mar′shaller , one who marshals; Mar′shall ing , act of arranging in due order; Mar′shalsea , till 1842 a prison in South wark, under the marshal of the royal household; Mar′shalship , office of marshal. [O. Fr. mareschal (Fr. maréchal ); from Old High Ger. marah , a horse, schalh (Ger. schalk ), a servant.]