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the title that means both 'tame the horse' and 'command the army'—glow-up complete.
means To marshal is to gather and arrange people or things into proper order, especially troops or resources for a purpose; as a noun, a marshal is a high-ranking officer who organizes and commands.
from From Old French mareschal, borrowed into English in the medieval period, drawn from a Frankish (Germanic) compound: marah, 'horse,' plus skalk, 'servant.' So the original marshal was literally a 'horse-servant'—the groom who tended the stables. Over centuries the job climbed the ranks: from mucking out horses to managing the cavalry, then commanding whole armies. The same Germanic roots may be cousins to the words behind 'mare' (the horse). The 'order things neatly' sense grew naturally from the marshal's duty of arranging men and mounts into formation.
- horsey roots
- from Old Germanic words for horse and servant
- five stars
- highest US Army rank below none living holds it
- fire duty
- fire marshals can shut down your whole party
- french top
- Napoleon minted 26 marshals to buy loyalty
- verb too
- to marshal means to gather and organize forces
wyatt earp — legendary lawman of the american old west, famous for the gunfight at the o.k. corral in 1881
william the marshal — norman knight who served four english kings and was called the greatest knight of the medieval period, died 1219
john marshall — chief justice of the united states for 34 years (1801-1835), established judicial review