"air marshal" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: EN-AU ck1 air marshal.ogg [Australia] Forms: air marshals [plural]
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  1. (US, law enforcement) An armed, undercover guard on a commercial-airline flight. Tags: US Categories (topical): Law enforcement Translations (law enforcement): Air Marshal [masculine] (German), Sky Marshal [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-air_marshal-en-noun-aDukV3Lb Categories (other): American English Topics: government, law-enforcement Disambiguation of 'law enforcement': 76 24
  2. (British, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, military) A military rank between that of air vice-marshal and air chief marshal, equivalent to an army lieutenant general. Tags: Australia, British, Canada, New-Zealand Categories (topical): Military, Military ranks, People Synonyms: sky marshal [law-enforcement, government] Translations (military rank): Air Marshal (German), αντιπτέραρχος (antiptérarchos) (Greek), aermharascal [masculine] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-air_marshal-en-noun-pF9bMXhl Disambiguation of Military ranks: 10 90 Disambiguation of People: 30 70 Categories (other): Australian English, British English, Canadian English, New Zealand English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 26 74 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 26 74 Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'military rank': 8 92

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