marshal vs sheepdog

marshal

noun
  • A federal lawman. 

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

  • 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. 

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. 

sheepdog

noun
  • A police officer. 

  • A breed of dog, used for herding sheep. 

  • A breed of dog used for guarding sheep. 

verb
  • To chaperon or shepherd. 

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