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What do marshals and mares have in common?
Both of these words derive from a Proto-Germanic word for "horse".
The distant ancestor of 'marshal' was *marhskalk, which meant "horse attendant", so 'marshal' has made quite a career!
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@yvanspijk There are more such careers, right? Chancellor, count, chamberlain....
@Odanaos
Steward is my favourite because the modern Swedish word stugvärd means "person who manages a hiking hut".
@yvanspijk