court-martial

A form of court martial — A court where cases of military law are heard.

Meanings

nouncourt-martial (plural (formal) courts-martial or (informal) court-martials)

formal plural courts-martial · informal plural court-martials

  1. alternativeAlternative form of court martial.
verbcourt-martial (third-person singular simple present court-martials, present participle (US) court-martialing or (UK) court-martialling, simple past and past participle (US) court-martialed or (UK) court-martialled)

present singular third person court-martials · US participle present court-martialing · UK participle present court-martialling · US participle past court-martialed · US past court-martialed · UK participle past court-martialled · UK past court-martialled

  1. alternativeAlternative form of court martial.
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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