marshalship

• a word derived from marshal.
  marshal

  noun

  a military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies.

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marshalship

The committee will no doubt discuss extending Roush’s marshalship or perhaps even consider co-grand marshals for next year.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 18, 2020

Blackball Emperor Hirohito will be expelled by Britain as Knight of the Garter, lose his honorary field marshalship in the British Army.

From Time Magazine Archive

The police force from this city, amounting to about sixty men, are under the marshalship of Lieut.

From The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. by William Still

I saw this opening in the West, and—well, a marshalship isn't quite as high a position as that of ambassador, but—" "The ambassador," said the girl, warmly, "doesn't call any more.

From Waifs and Strays Part 1 by O. Henry

Norfolk was angry because, during the last Welsh campaign, Edward had suspended him from the exercise of the marshalship.

From The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) by William Hunt

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