knight marshal

noun

An officer in the royal household, responsible for maintaining order in the royal court.

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Meanings

nounknight marshal (plural knights marshal)

plural knights marshal

  1. UKhistoricalAn officer in the royal household, responsible for maintaining order in the royal court.

    ye must understand, that sir Adrian Poinings, being knight marshall vpon his returne into England, was otherwise emploied

    1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC
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