marshal
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- n a law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law
- n (in some countries) a military officer of highest rank
- v place in proper rank
marshal the troops - v arrange in logical order
marshal facts or arguments - v make ready for action or use
marshal resources - v lead ceremoniously, as in a procession
- A man who claimed to have a bomb and may have been mentally ill is shot and killed by a federal air marshal in Primrose Avenue.
- As the news of the raging fire came in, the fire chief marshalled all his available firemen and fire engines.
- I had to marshal all my resources in order to confront the new threat developing from the North East.