fieldmant

[Sc.) A peasant; a hind. He statutis and ordanis that field - men (agrestes).. sall. tak and re ave land is fra thair maister is. Stat . Alex . II ., Balfour's Pract., p. 536. field-marshal (feld' mär' shal), n. An officer of the highest military rank in the British, German, and some other European armies. In France the grade has existed at various times, usually corresponding to that of general of brigade. It was suppre ed in 1848. The rank is often nominal, the Duke of Wellington having been field-marshal in various European No more Shall the gaunt figure of the old Field Marshal Be seen upon his post! Long fellow , Warden of the Cinque Ports. In 1818 he [Wellington] was made field marshal of Austria, Pru ia, and Ru ia. Amer. Cyc., XVI. 550. Field-marshal lieutenant, in the Austrian army, a general of division.