mareschal

A variant of marshal remodelled on its etymon, Old French mareschal.

mareschal (plural mareschals)

1. (historical) An officer of an household.
2. (military) A man of the highest military rank in certain countries.
3. A herald.

• Lamarches, marchesal, maréchals

mareschal

1. Alternative form of marchal

Inherited from Old French mareschal, marescal, inherited from Medieval Latin mariscalcus, from Frankish *marhaskalk.

mareschal m (plural mareschaux)

1. marshall (high ranking military leader)

• French: maréchal
  • → Armenian: մարէշալ (marēšal)
  • → Romanian: mareșal
  • → Ottoman Turkish: مارشال‎ (mareşal)
    • Turkish: mareşal
• → Italian: maresciallo
• → Portuguese: marechal

• marchal, marescal, marescald, marescalc, marschal

Inherited from Medieval Latin mariscalcus, from Frankish *marhaskalk, from *marh (from Proto-Germanic *marhaz (“horse”)) + *skalk (from Proto-Germanic *skalkaz (“servant, knight”)).

• (early, classical) IPA^(key): /maɾesˈt͡ʃal/, (northern) /maresˈkal/
• (late) IPA^(key): /maɾeˈʃal/, (northern) /maɾesˈkal/

mareschal oblique singular, m (oblique plural mareschaus or mareschax or mareschals, nominative singular mareschaus or mareschax or mareschals, nominative plural mareschal)

1. marshal (military position)