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Marshall

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Noun

1. e. g. marshall, marshall

United States actor (1914-1998)

2. george catlett marshall, george marshall, marshall

United States general and statesman who as Secretary of State organized the European Recovery Program (1880-1959)

3. john marshall, marshall

United States jurist; as chief justice of the Supreme Court he established the principles of United States constitutional law (1755-1835)

4. marshal, marshall

(in some countries) a military officer of highest rank

5. marshal, marshall

a law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Marshall

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noun
1. 
Alfred. 1842–1924, English economist, author of Principles of Economics (1890)
2. 
Barry (James). born 1951, Australian microbiologist who, with Robin Warren, demonstrated that the bacterium Helicobacter pylori is the cause of most peptic ulcers, for which they won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2005)
3. 
George Catlett. 1880–1959, US general and statesman. He was chief of staff of the US army (1939–45) and, as secretary of state (1947–49), he proposed the Marshall Plan (1947): Nobel peace prize 1953
4. 
John. 1755–1835, US jurist and statesman. As chief justice of the Supreme Court (1801–35), he established the principles of US constitutional law
5. 
Sir John Ross. 1912–88, New Zealand politician; prime minister (1972)

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Marshall

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noun
a masculine name
var. Marshal
1. 
George C(atlett)1880-1959; U.S. general & statesman: U.S. Army chief of staff (1939-45): secretary of state (1947-49): originator of a plan (Marshall Plan) for economic recovery in Europe following WWII
2. 
John1755-1835; U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. (1801-35)
3. 
ˈThurgood (ˈθɜrgʊd ) ; t hʉrˈgood) 1908-93; U.S. jurist: associate justice, Supreme Court (1967-91)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Marshall

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American soldier, diplomat, and politician. As US secretary of state (1947-1949) he organized the European Recovery Program, often called the Marshall Plan, for which he received the 1953 Nobel Peace Prize.
American jurist who served as an associate justice of the US Supreme Court (1967-1991). As a lawyer for the NAACP Marshall argued 32 cases before the Supreme Court, winning 29 of them, including Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954), which brought about the end of legal segregation in public schools.
American jurist and politician who served as the chief justice of the US Supreme Court (1801-1835) and helped establish the practice of judicial review.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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