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), any species of small American wrens of the
genus Cistothorus, and allied genera. They chiefly inhabit
salt marshes.

Mar"shal (?), n. [OE. mareschal,
OF. mareschal, F. maréchal, LL.
mariscalcus, from OHG. marah-scalc (G.
marschall); marah horse + scalc servant (akin to
AS. scealc, Goth. skalks). F. maréchal
signifies, a marshal, and a farrier. See Mare horse, and cf.
Seneschal.]

1. Originally, an officer who had the care of
horses; a groom. [Obs.]

2. An officer of high rank, charged with the
arrangement of ceremonies, the conduct of operations, or the
like; as, specifically: (a) One who goes
before a prince to declare his coming and provide entertainment; a
harbinger; a pursuivant. (b) One who
regulates rank and order at a feast or any other assembly, directs
the order of procession, and the like. (c)
The chief officer of arms, whose duty it was, in ancient times,
to regulate combats in the lists. Johnson.

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