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# marshals

«marshals» in Mova's school dictionary: **Officials who organise people at a big event, such as a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (plural of marshal: a marshal, marshals); verb form (marshals, from marshal: marshal, marshals, marshalled, marshalling — US marshaled, marshaling)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (noun) Officials who organise people at a big event, such as a race, parade or festival, and keep them safe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marshals/#m1)

2) (noun, US) Law officers who catch criminals and help the courts, like the US Marshals; in old Western stories, a town marshal is like a sheriff. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marshals/#m2)

3) (noun) Very high-ranking army or air-force officers, such as a field marshal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marshals/#m3)

4) (verb) «Marshals» = he or she gathers and organises people or things, such as ideas or soldiers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marshals/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, marshals in high-vis jackets guide runners, cars and crowds at fun runs, car races and festivals. In history and Western stories, marshals keep law and order. In English lessons, a writer marshals arguments in an essay. Phrases: race marshals, US Marshals, field marshal, marshal your thoughts.

### examples

- The marshals waved flags to guide the runners. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marshals/#x1)
- Marshals in yellow jackets showed us where to park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marshals/#x2)
- The US Marshals caught the escaped prisoner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marshals/#x3)
- In the Western, the marshal faced the outlaws alone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marshals/#x4)
- Before the debate, she marshals her ideas on a card. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marshals/#x5)
- The teacher marshals the children into lines for the fire drill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marshals/#x6)
- Field marshals led huge armies in the war. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marshals/#x7)

### note

Spelling trap: «marshal» has one «l» at the end; «martial» (as in martial arts) is different; «Marshall» with double «l» is usually a name. UK verb forms: marshalled, marshalling; US: marshaled, marshaling.

### In the corpora

- [Trampoline parks have one person per bed and marshals to stop collisions.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/73-trampolines-playgrounds-and-skate-parks/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «marshals» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marshals/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.