marshal sb. (scanned as 2 or as 3 syll.)
1.
high officer
of state in England, now called ‘earl
marshal’
1H4 IV. iv. 2
“the lord ,”
H8 IV. i. 19
“earl marshal.”
2.
officer charged with
the arrangement of ceremonies, esp. with the
regulation of combats in the lists R2 I. i. 204, &c.,
2H4 I. iii. 4, &c.;
fig. leader MND. II. ii. 120.
3.
general officer of
the highest rank in the French army
Lr. IV. iii. 9
“The Marshal of
France.”
