provost marshal

[ proh-voh ]

/ ˈproʊ voʊ /

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noun

Army. an officer on the staff of a commander, charged with the maintaining of order and with other police functions within a command.

Navy. an officer charged with the safekeeping of a prisoner pending trial by court-martial.

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Origin of provost marshal

First recorded in 1525–35

Words nearby provost marshal

provoking, provolone, provost, provost court, provost guard, provost marshal, provost sergeant, prow, prowar, prowess, prowfish

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How to use provost marshal in a sentence

It has a presence, it remains potentially destructive, but all we can do is attempt to marshal it.
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The earl was killed in battle and Marshal captured, but he would later be ransomed by the queen herself.
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With Marshal at his side, Richard crushed Philip and his armies.
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Marshal appears in many of the sources regarding these rulers, and therefore, it seems, much can be verified.
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Before dying in 1219, Marshal would begin the task of rebuilding England after decades of war.
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He distinguished himself in several campaigns, especially in the Peninsular war, and was raised to the rank of field marshal.
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A mushir (marshal) would find it derogatory to his dignity to smoke out of a stem less than two yards in length.
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Never had the genius of the Marshal stood higher than in this difficult retirement from Portugal.
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An incident of the campaign of 1806 gave the Marshal's enemies an excellent opening for showing their dislike.
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While secretly countenancing every attack on the Marshal, the Emperor, for family reasons, was loth to come to an open breach.
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British Dictionary definitions for provost marshal

provost marshal

/ (prəˈvəʊ) /

noun

the officer in charge of military police and thus responsible for military discipline in a large camp, area, or city

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