marshal

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   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.
2. 2
   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.
3. 3
   A person in charge of the ceremonial arrangement and management of a gathering.
4. 4
   A federal lawman.
5. 5
   An official responsible for signalling track conditions to drivers (through use of flags), extinguishing fires, removing damaged cars from the track, and sometimes providing emergency first aid.

Verb

1. 1
   To arrange (troops, etc.) in line for inspection or a parade.
2. 2
   To arrange (facts, etc.) in some methodical order.
3. 3
   To ceremoniously guide, conduct or usher.
4. 4
   To gather data for transmission.
5. 5
   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.

Proper noun

1. 1
   An English and Scottish status surname from Middle English for someone who was in charge of the horses of a royal household, or an occupational surname for someone who looked after horses, or was responsible for the custody of prisoners.
2. 2
   A male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage.