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air marshals

air marshals is the plural of air marshal.

Meaning of air marshal

Noun

air marshal (plural air marshals)

  1. (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
    Synonyms:
    sky marshal
  2. (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK) A military rank between that of air vice-marshal and air chief marshal, equivalent to an army lieutenant general.

Noun capitalized: Air Marshals

Air Marshals

  1. (plural) plural of Air Marshal

Questions about air marshals

What is air marshals the plural of?
Air marshals is the plural of air marshal.
What part of speech is air marshals?
Air marshals is a noun.

Words near air marshals in the dictionary

  1. air mailing
  2. air mails
  3. air marker
  4. air markers
  5. air marshal
  6. air marshals
  7. air mass
  8. air masses
  9. air mattress
  10. air mattresses
  11. air mile

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