- an air force officer of a rank comparable to an army lieutenant general.
Origin of air marshal
First recorded in 1915–20
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British Dictionary definitions for air marshal- a senior Royal Air Force officer of equivalent rank to a vice admiral in the Royal Navy
- a Royal Australian Air Force officer of the highest rank
- a Royal New Zealand Air Force officer of the highest rank when chief of defence forces
- a person employed to travel as an armed guard on commercial flights to protect against hijacking
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