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court-martial

court-martial is the alternative form of court martial.

Meaning of court martial

Noun

court martial (plural (formal) courts martial or (informal) court martials)

  1. A court where cases of military law are heard.
  2. A trial before such a tribunal.

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Forms of court-martial

Noun
plural formalcourts-martial
plural (informal)court-martials
Verb
third-person singular presentcourt-martials
present participle UScourt-martialing
present participle UKcourt-martialling
past participle UScourt-martialed
past UScourt-martialed
past participle UKcourt-martialled
past UKcourt-martialled

Phrases with court-martial

Questions about court-martial

What is court-martial the alternative form of?
Court-martial is the alternative form of court martial.

Words near court-martial in the dictionary

  1. court-house
  2. court-houses
  3. court-leet
  4. court-leets
  5. court-marshal
  6. court-martial
  7. court-martialed
  8. court-martialing
  9. court-martialled
  10. court-martialling
  11. court-martials

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Adapted from Wiktionary: court-martial (page history and authors); court martial (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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