grand marshal

noun

: a person honored as the ceremonial marshal of a parade

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The city's infamous runaway dog will be the grand marshal in absentia of Barkus. Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 25 Feb. 2025 The president was at the race in 2020 while running for a second term and was given the honor of being grand marshal of NASCAR's biggest and most prestigious event of the year and delivered the command for drivers to start their engines. CBS News, 16 Feb. 2025 He was chosen grand marshal for the Miami Beach Veteran’s Day Parade in 2019. Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2025 Trump previously served as grand marshal for the 2020 Daytona 500 and gave the command for drivers to start their engines. Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 13 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for grand marshal

Word History

First Known Use

1951, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of grand marshal was in 1951

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“Grand marshal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grand%20marshal. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.

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