An English and Scottish status surname from Middle English for someone who was in charge of the horses of a royal household, or an occupational surname for someone who looked after horses, or was responsible for the custody of prisoners.

(historical) A high-ranking officer in the household of a medieval prince or lord, who was originally in charge of the cavalry and later the military forces in general.

A military officer of the highest rank in several countries, including France and the former Soviet Union; equivalent to a general of the army in the United States. See also field marshal.

A person in charge of the ceremonial arrangement and management of a gathering.

(US) A federal lawman.

(troops, etc.) To arrange in line for inspection or a parade.

(by extension) To arrange in some methodical order.

To ceremoniously guide, conduct or usher.

To gather data for transmission.

(computing, transitive) To serialize an object into a marshalled state represented by a sequence of bytes that can later be converted back into an object with equivalent properties.