marshal vs rank

marshal

verb
  • To arrange (facts, etc.) in some methodical order. 

  • To gather data for transmission. 

  • To arrange (troops, etc.) in line for inspection or a parade. 

  • To serialize an object into a marshalled state represented by a sequence of bytes that can later be converted back into an object with equivalent properties. 

  • To ceremoniously guide, conduct or usher. 

noun
  • A person in charge of the ceremonial arrangement and management of a gathering. 

  • A federal lawman. 

  • A high-ranking officer in the household of a medieval prince or lord, who was originally in charge of the cavalry and later the military forces in general. 

  • A military officer of the highest rank in several countries, including France and the former Soviet Union; equivalent to a general of the army in the United States. See also field marshal. 

rank

verb
  • To assign a suitable place in a class or order; to classify. 

  • To have a ranking. 

  • To place abreast, or in a line. 

  • To take rank of; to outrank. 

noun
  • A hierarchical level in an organization such as the military. 

  • One of the eight horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a number). 

  • The maximal number of linearly independent columns (or rows) of a matrix. 

  • The maximum quantity of D-linearly independent elements of a module (over an integral domain D). 

  • The size of any basis of a given matroid. 

  • One's position in a list sorted by a shared property such as physical location, population, or quality. 

  • The level of one's position in a class-based society. 

  • The dimensionality of an array (computing) or tensor. 

  • In a pipe organ, a set of pipes of a certain quality for which each pipe corresponds to one key or pedal. 

  • A level in a scientific taxonomy system. 

  • A category of people, such as those who share an occupation or belong to an organisation. 

  • A row of people or things organized in a grid pattern, often soldiers. 

adj
  • Strong in growth; growing with vigour or rapidity, hence, coarse or gross. 

  • Complete, used as an intensifier (usually negative, referring to incompetence). 

  • Strong to the senses; offensive; noisome. 

  • Having a very strong and bad taste or odor. 

  • Causing strong growth; producing luxuriantly; rich and fertile. 

  • Suffering from overgrowth or hypertrophy; plethoric. 

  • Strong of its kind or in character; unmitigated; virulent; thorough; utter (used of negative things). 

  • Gross, disgusting. 

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