Marshal vs Warden - What's the difference?
marshal | warden |
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
(archaic, or, literary) A guard or watchman.
* Sir Walter Scott
A chief administrative officer of a prison
An official charged with supervisory duties or with the enforcement of specific laws or regulations; such as a game warden or air raid warden
A governing official in various institutions
(archaic, slang) A variety of pear, thought to be Black Worcester or Parkinson's Warden.
* Beaumont and Fletcher
* Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale
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 a proper noun warden is
.marshal
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(wikipedia Marshal)Alternative forms
* Marshall (rare)Proper noun
(en proper noun)warden
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Noun
(en noun)- He called to the warden on the battlements.
- the warden of a college
- I would have had him roasted like a warden .
- I must have saffron the colour of warden pies.
