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Dictionary
1. (n.) Originally, an officer who had the care of horses; a groom.

2. (n.) An officer of high rank, charged with the arrangement of ceremonies, the conduct of operations, or the like

3. (n.) One who goes before a prince to declare his coming and provide entertainment; a harbinger; a pursuivant.

4. (n.) One who regulates rank and order at a feast or any other assembly, directs the order of procession, and the like.

5. (n.) The chief officer of arms, whose duty it was, in ancient times, to regulate combats in the lists.

6. (n.) The highest military officer.

7. (n.) A ministerial officer, appointed for each judicial district of the United States, to execute the process of the courts of the United States, and perform various duties, similar to those of a sheriff. The name is also sometimes applied to certain police officers of a city.

8. (v. t.) To dispose in order; to arrange in a suitable manner; as, to marshal troops or an army.

9. (v. t.) To direct, guide, or lead.

10. (v. t.) To dispose in due order, as the different quarterings on an escutcheon, or the different crests when several belong to an achievement.

Thesaurus
ADC Abbot of Unreason CO G-man Lord of Misrule MC MP OD accouple accumulate adduce advance agglutinate aide aide-de-camp align allege allocate allot amass apportion arrange array articulate assemble associate attend bailiff band beadle beagle bond bound bailiff bracket bridge bridge over brigadier brigadier general bring forward bring on bring to bear captain catchpole cement chain chaperon chicken colonel chief of police chief of staff clap together clear for action clear the decks collect collocate colonel combine commandant commander commander in chief commanding officer commissioned officer commissioner company officer compose comprise concatenate conduct conglobulate conjoin conjugate connect constable convoy cool off copulate couple cover cure deal deal out deploy deputy deputy sheriff detective dispose distribute dress embrace emcee encompass escort esquire exec executive officer fed federal field marshal field officer first lieutenant five-star general fix fix up flic form four-star general gather gendarme general general officer generalissimo get ready glue government man grade guard guide harmonize hierarchize include inspector jemadar join junior officer knot lay out lay together lead league lictor lieutenant lieutenant colonel lieutenant general line line up link lump together mace-bearer major major general make arrangements make preparations make ready marechal marry mass master of ceremonies merge methodize mobilize mounted policeman muster narc normalize offer officer one-star general order orderly officer organize pacify pair parcel out patrolman peace officer piece together place plan plead police captain police commissioner police constable police inspector police matron police officer police sergeant policeman policewoman portreeve prearrange prep prepare present pretreat process produce provide put in shape put together quiet rally range rank ready ready up reeve regiment regularize regulate risaldar roll into one roundsman routinize senior officer sergeant sergeant at arms set out set up settle preliminaries shavetail shepherd sheriff sirdar social director solder space span splice squire staff officer standardize stick together structure subahdar subaltern sublieutenant superintendent systematize take in take out tan tape the Old Man the brass three-star general tie tipstaff tipstaves toastmaster top brass tranquilize treat trim trooper try out two-star general unify unite usher wait on weld yoke
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

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