marshal

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If there's a problem, the fire marshal is a good person to call.

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Quick take

a law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of marshal gathered in one view.

noun

a law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law

noun

(in some countries) a military officer of highest rank

verb

place in proper rank; "marshal the troops"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for marshal.

noun

a law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law

noun

(in some countries) a military officer of highest rank

verb

place in proper rank; "marshal the troops"

verb

arrange in logical order; "marshal facts or arguments"

verb

make ready for action or use; "marshal resources"

verb

lead ceremoniously, as in a procession

Example sentences

If there's a problem, the fire marshal is a good person to call.

If you want to argue against bcrypt, you'll have to marshal actual arguments.

Other marshals pushed his head against the defense table and handcuffed him.

We claim to understand the issues and know how to create and lead teams and marshal resources to meet demand.

[the judge] declared a recess, and the marshals escorted Auernheimer to a side room.

Note that the Gaussian blur function is all safe code—the only unsafe code here is the code to marshal the data structures to and from Ruby.

If an air marshal intervened in that, he'd out himself, allowing any other terrorists on board to jump him from behind at their convenience.

This looks a lot like the SQL that you would write for the query, except that you don't have to write it and marshal the results back to some format that your application understands.

This will be tricky at best and obviously will take a party of Apple's sophistication and wherewithal to marshal the arguments and factual development effectively.