air marshal en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(US) An armed, undercover guard on a commercial-airline flight.
T.S.A. said its office of inspection makes quality assurance visits to ensure that the air marshals are properly prepared for their missions. […] Employees with the air marshals view their jobs as crucial to overall efforts to protect airplanes and airports from terrorist attacks.
2018 April 25, Ron Nixon, “Scandals and Investigations, but Few Arrests, for Air Marshals Program”, in The New York Times:
- (Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, UK) A military rank between that of air vice-marshal and air chief marshal, equivalent to an army lieutenant general.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| air marshals | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (9)
fr général de corps d'armée aérien (military rank) · ga aermharascal (military rank) · el αντιπτέραρχος (military rank) · ru воздушный маршал (law enforcement) · ar قائد القوّة الجوّية (military rank) · de Air Marshal (law enforcement) · de Air Marshal (military rank) · de Sky Marshal (law enforcement) · ru небесный маршал (law enforcement)