Definitions

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  • noun An under or deputy marshal.

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  • noun An under or deputy marshal.

Etymologies

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sub- +‎ marshal

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Examples

  • Whether Rhelyn is behind this or someone else is, a direct attack on a submarshal is a provocation that the duarches are unlikely to take lightly.

    Cadmian's Choice Modesitt, L. E. 2006

  • Until today, the submarshal was the only alector he'd ever seen with one.

    Cadmian's Choice Modesitt, L. E. 2006

  • "The submarshal is the one who promoted me and Dohark.

    Soarer's Choice Modesitt, L. E. 2006

  • But then, he reminded himself, as he signed the last dispatch, he had neither a submarshal nor an operations chief to assist him.

    Cadmian's Choice Modesitt, L. E. 2006

  • In Dramur, the submarshal broke some bones when he fell off the pteridon, but the other two Myrmidons were killed.

    Cadmian's Choice Modesitt, L. E. 2006

  • The submarshal sensed the feint, and, while blocking the recorder's Talent-blast, directed his own Talent-probe toward the pair of crystals within the Table, the ones allowing the user to draw on the power of the translation tubes.

    Cadmian's Choice Modesitt, L. E. 2006

  • His chatelaine has some information we may need very badly, based on what the submarshal informed me just before he left.

    Cadmian's Choice Modesitt, L. E. 2006

  • When we reported it to the submarshal, he suggested that, since the forces that apparently used it would no longer require it, we could use the new compound.

    Cadmian's Choice Modesitt, L. E. 2006

  • "The submarshal left contingent orders, " Hyksant said.

    Cadmian's Choice Modesitt, L. E. 2006

  • More than three glasses had passed since the submarshal had entered the chamber underneath the building.

    Cadmian's Choice Modesitt, L. E. 2006

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