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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 letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

marshal

English

(wikipedia Marshal)

Alternative forms

* Marshall (rare)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • 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

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----