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Definition of Provost marshal

1. Noun. The supervisor of the military police.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Provost Marshal

Literary usage of Provost marshal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Scott's Official History of the American Negro in the World War by Emmett Jay Scott (1919)
"As stated in the First Report of the provost marshal General, "It was unequivocal in its terms. It boldly recited the military obligations of citizenship. ..."

2. History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth by James Anthony Froude (1878)
"The provost marshal in Cornwall. [On. cat with Arundel, and expecting inquiry ... Up with him," said the provost marshal. ' He is a busy knave, hang him up. ..."

3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1866)
"Such we find to be the rule adopted by the provost marshal General. The rule is in conformity with the requirements of the laws of Congress, and is just and ..."

4. The Life of Preston B. Plumb, 1837-1891: United States Senator from Kansas by William Elsey Connelley (1913)
"General Ewing appointed Colonel Van Horn provost marshal because of his ... Ewing has just appointed as his provost marshal, Major PB Plumb — an old ..."

5. The Life of Preston B. Plumb, 1837-1891: United States Senator from Kansas by William Elsey Connelley (1913)
"CHAPTER XXVIII provost marshal WHEN General Ewing assumed command of the District of the Border he appointed Major Plumb provost marshal. ..."

6. The Role of Federal Military Forces in Domestic Disorders, 1789-1878 by Robert W. Coakley (1996)
"Conscription would be directed and controlled by a provost marshal general who, responsible directly to the secretary of war, would operate out of a ..."

7. Letter of the Secretary of War, Transmitting Report on the Organization of by George Brinton McClellan, United States Army of the Potomac (1864)
""All deserters from the enemy, prisoners, and other persons coming within our lines, will be taken at once to the provost marshal of the nearest division, ..."

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