marshall
Noun
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United States actor (1914-1998) (synset 111179204)
same as: e. g. marshall
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United States general and statesman who as Secretary of State organized the European Recovery Program (1880-1959) (synset 111178972)
is an instance of:
- full general, general - a general officer of the highest rank
- national leader, solon, statesman - a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs
same as: george catlett marshall, george marshall -
United States jurist;
As chief justice of the Supreme Court he established the principles of United States constitutional law (1755-1835) (synset 111178744)is an instance of:- chief justice - the judge who presides over a supreme court
- jurist, legal expert - a legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations
same as: john marshall -
(in some countries) a military officer of highest rank (synset 110315837)
referred to in: armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nationis a type of: commissioned military officer - a commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marine Corpssubtypes: field marshal - an officer holding the highest rank in the armyspecific instances:
- baron hugh caswall tremenheere dowding, dowding, dowdy, hugh dowding - British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970)
- bomber harris, harris, sir arthur travers harris - 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)
- duc d'elchingen, michel ney, ney - French marshal in the Napoleonic Wars (1769-1815)
- comte de saxe, hermann maurice saxe, marshal saxe, saxe - a French marshal who distinguished himself in the War of the Austrian Succession (1696-1750)
same as: marshal -
A law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law (synset 110315612)
subtypes: air marshal, sky marshal - a person trained by the government in hijacking and terrorist tactics who (for security reasons) is a passenger aboard an airline flightspecific instances: hickock, james butler hickock, wild bill hickock - frontier marshal whose adventures have become legendary (1837-1876)same as: marshal
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