marshal
noun
a military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies.
marshalship
-
a word derived from
marshal.
Example Sentences
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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
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
I had a deputy marshalship all lined up for you if that hadn't happened.
From Laramie Holds the Range by Frank H. (Frank Hamilton) Spearman
With him, The Duke of Norfolk, with the rod of marshalship, a coronet on his head.
From King Henry VIII by William Shakespeare
