air marshal
air marshal noun: an armed, undercover guard on a commercial-airline flight.
Noun (1)
air marshal (plural air marshals)
- 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
- Synonyms:
- sky marshal
- A military rank between that of air vice-marshal and air chief marshal, equivalent to an army lieutenant general.
Noun (2) capitalized: Air Marshal
Air Marshal (plural Air Marshals)
- Alternative letter-case form of air marshal (found when the term is used as a title).
air marshal meaning in Arabic
air marshal in Arabic
- military rank
- قائد القوّة الجوّية
Synonyms of air marshal
Forms of air marshal
| plural | air marshals |
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| plural | Air Marshals |
Questions about air marshal
- What does air marshal mean?
- Air marshal means an armed, undercover guard on a commercial-airline flight.
- What is air marshal in Arabic?
- Air marshal in Arabic is قائد القوّة الجوّية. See Air marshal meaning in Arabic.
- What part of speech is air marshal?
- Air marshal is a noun.
- What is the plural of air marshal?
- The plural of air marshal is air marshals.
Words near air marshal in the dictionary
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