Meaning of Air Marshal | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An armed, undercover guard on a commercial-airline flight.
   US
2. Alternative letter-case form of air marshal (found when the term is used as a title).
   alt-of
3. A military rank between that of air vice-marshal and air chief marshal, equivalent to an army lieutenant general.
   Australia, British, Canada, New-Zealand

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level