marshal

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to arrange or assemble in order; or a high-ranking officer

   The general marshaled his forces along the ridge before dawn.

From Old French mareschal ('officer in charge of horses, military commander'), from Frankish *marhskalk, literally 'horse-servant', from *marh ('horse') + *skalk ('servant'). The senses 'high officer' and 'to arrange in order' both descend from this.

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