Marshal vs Federal - What's the difference?
marshal | federal |
for someone who was in charge of the horses of a royal household, or an occupational surname for someone who looked after horses, or was responsible for the custody of prisoners.
, transferred use of the surname since nineteenth century.
English surnames from occupations
Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations.
* Grew
Pertaining to the national government level, as opposed to state, provincial, county, city, or town.
As a noun marshal
is 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.As a verb marshal
is to arrange troops etc in line for inspection or a parade.As an adjective federal is
federal.marshal
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(wikipedia Marshal)Alternative forms
* Marshall (rare)Proper noun
(en proper noun)federal
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* (obsolete)Adjective
(-)- The Romans compelled them, contrary to all federal right, to part with Sardinia.