1. : a former military officer analogous to the modern quartermaster
2. : a onetime officer of the British royal household who had judicial cognizance of transgressions committed in the royal household or verge and of contracts to which a member of the king's household was a party
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knight marshal noun
Formerly an officer who had jurisdiction over offences within twelve miles of the monarch's abode
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Main Entry: ↑knight
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Knight Marshal(a title of certain marshals who were knights): see marshal.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.