field marshal

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noun
  1. an officer of the highest military rank in the British and certain other armies, and of the second highest rank in the French army.

Origin of field marshal

1
First recorded in 1570–80

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How to use field marshal in a sentence

  • He distinguished himself in several campaigns, especially in the Peninsular war, and was raised to the rank of field marshal.

  • A field-marshal has his uniform, a bishop his silk apron, a counsellor his silk gown, a beadle his cocked hat.

  • This proof of confidence—the object of much secret envy—is, to women, a field-marshal's baton.

  • Impossible to be so disrespectful to the field marshal or so inconsiderate to their department as to reject the soft impeachment.

  • The field marshal was, I believe, sitting on a low hill having breakfast with his staff when the keys were delivered up to him.

    The Relief of Mafeking | Filson Young

British Dictionary definitions for field marshal

field marshal

noun
  1. an officer holding the highest rank in the British and certain other armies

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