different between lawman vs marshal

English

Etymology

From Middle English laweman, la?aman (as a man's name, La?amon, Layamon), from Old English lahmann, from Old Norse l?gmaðr. In present use as a law-enforcement officer, law +? -man.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: lôm?n, lôm?n, IPA^(key): /?l??mæn/, /?l??m?n/
• (US) enPR: lôm?n, lôm?n, IPA^(key): /?l?mæn/, /?l?m?n/
• Rhymes: -??m?n

Noun

lawman (plural lawmen)

1. (law, historical) A lawspeaker: a declarer of the law.
2. (law, historical) One of 12 magistrates in certain Danish boroughs of England empowered with soc and sac over their own households.
3. (law, Orkney and Shetland) The presiding justice of the supreme court.
4. (rare) A man of the law: a lawyer.
5. (informal) An officer of the law: a law-enforcement officer.

Synonyms

• (speaker of the law): lawspeaker
• (medieval Dano-English magistrates): lageman, lagman
• (Orcadian & Shetlandic chief justice): lawman-general, lagman
• (law-enforcement officer): See Thesaurus:police officer

Translations

References

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Etymology

Noun

lawman

1. crazy person

English

Alternative forms

• marshall (US)
• mareschal (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English marchal, mareschal, marchall, from Anglo-Norman marescal, marschal and Old French marescal, mareschal (“farrier; military commander”), from Medieval Latin mariscalcus (“groom, army commander, court dignitary”), either from *Frankish marhskalk, or Old High German marah-scalc (“horse-servant”), from Proto-Germanic *marhaz + *skalkaz (whence Old Saxon maraskalk, marahscalc). Compare English mare + shalk.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m????l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m????l/
• Rhymes: -??(?)??l
• Homophones: Marshall, martial

Noun

marshal (plural marshals)

1. (historical) A high-ranking officer in the household of a medieval prince or lord, who was originally in charge of the cavalry and later the military forces in general.
2. A military officer of the highest rank in several countries, including France and the former Soviet Union; equivalent to a general of the army in the United States. See also field marshal.

   • Where stands Marshal Chiang Kai-shek in this conflict of opinion concerning the tactics which China should adopt towards the aggressor? Chiang Kai-shek, according to officials who know his mind with whom I have talked, is all for resistance- as soon as he thinks he can win!

3. A person in charge of the ceremonial arrangement and management of a gathering.
4. (US) A federal lawman.

Derived terms

• marshalcy
• marshalship

Translations

Verb

marshal (third-person singular simple present marshals, present participle marshalling or marshaling, simple past and past participle marshalled or marshaled)

1. To arrange (troops, etc.) in line for inspection or a parade.
2. (by extension) To arrange (facts, etc.) in some methodical order.
3. To ceremoniously guide, conduct or usher.
4. To gather data for transmission.

Derived terms

• remarshal

Translations

See also

• marshal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References