Martial vs Marshall - What's the difference?
martial | marshall |
Of, relating to, or suggestive of war; warlike.
* Dryden
Relating to or connected with the armed forces or the profession of arms or military life.
(comparable) Characteristic of or befitting a warrior; having a military bearing; soldierly, soldierlike, warriorlike.
(medicine, chemistry, obsolete) Relating to, or containing, iron; chalybeate.
As proper nouns the difference between martial and marshall
is that martial is narrowly applied to certain historic persons (but some of its foreign cognates are modern given names) while marshall is 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.martial
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- But peaceful kings, o'er martial people set, / Each other's poise and counterbalance are.
- martial preparations
- martial flowers: a reddish crystalline salt of iron
