marchal

• mareschal, marchall, marchalle, marshall, marchel, mareschall, marschal, marschalle, marsshall, marchale

From Anglo-Norman marescal, marschal and Old French marescal, mareschal, from Medieval Latin mariscalcus, either from Frankish *marhskalk or from Old High German marah-scalc (“horse-servant”) from Proto-Germanic *marhaz + *skalkaz (whence Old Saxon maraskalk, marahscalc). Compare Middle English mere (“mare”) + schalk.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmarəstʃal/, /ˈmartʃal/, /ˈmarʃal/

marchal (plural marchals)

1. A high-ranking officer in the household of the English royal court.
2. One who looks after or supervises horses; a stablemaster.
3. A supreme military leader; one who heads an armed force.
4. A supervisor of the Marshalsea Court (alongside the king's steward).
5. A supervisor of the procedure or ceremonial activity of a court.
6. (rare) The head officer of the English royal court.

• erle marchal

• English: marshal
• Scots: marshal

• “marshal (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-30.