(n.) Originally, an officer who had the care of horses; a
groom.
(n.) An officer of high rank, charged with the arrangement of
ceremonies, the conduct of operations, or the like
(n.) One who goes before a prince to declare his coming and
provide entertainment; a harbinger; a pursuivant.
(n.) One who regulates rank and order at a feast or any other
assembly, directs the order of procession, and the like.
(n.) The chief officer of arms, whose duty it was, in ancient
times, to regulate combats in the lists.
(n.) The highest military officer.
(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.
(v. t.) To dispose in order; to arrange in a suitable manner;
as, to marshal troops or an army.
(v. t.) To direct, guide, or lead.
(v. t.) To dispose in due order, as the different quarterings
on an escutcheon, or the different crests when several belong to an
achievement.
