English > field marshal: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | An officer holding the highest rank in the army. |
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| Category | military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine | The military forces of a nation |
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| Instances | Hindenburg, Paul von Hindenburg, Paul Ludwig von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg | German field marshal and statesman |
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| Joffre, Joseph Jacques Cesaire Joffre | French field marshal who commanded the Allied armies in France during World War II (1852-1931) |
| Kitchener, Herbert Kitchener, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, First Earl Kitchener of Khartoum | British field marshal (1850-1916) |
| Kutuzov, Mikhail Ilarionovich Kutuzov, Prince of Smolensk | Russian field marshal who commanded the Russian opposition to Napoleon (1745-1813) |
| Rommel, Erwin Rommel, Desert Fox | German field marshal noted for brilliant generalship in North Africa during World War II (1891-1944) |
| Rundstedt, von Rundstedt, Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt | German field marshal in World War II who directed the conquest of Poland and led the Ardennes counteroffensive (1875-1953) |
| Wavell, Archibald Percival Wavell, First Earl Wavell | British field marshal in North Africa in World War II |
| Broader | marshal, marshall | (in some countries) a military officer of highest rank |
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| Spanish | mariscal de campo |
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| Catalan | mariscal de camp |
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