Definition of "marechal" [marechal]

• A kind of powder used for the hair in the eighteenth century. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The marechal was a liberal, and was quite engrossed in this fight, not even noticing the misfortune that had befallen him."
• "Most English language works on the marshal derive either from Lev Nikulin, Tukhachevsky (Moscow: VIMO, 1964) or Roman Goul, Toukhatchevsky, marechal rouge, translated from the Russian by Jacques Civel (Paris: Libraries et Techniques, 1935)."
• "Au sieur de Champlain la somme de trois escuz pour aller trouver Monsieur le marechal et luy representer quelques chose important le service du Roy, Le Blant and Baudry, eds., Nouveaux documents, 1:19."