air marshal


noun British.

an air force officer of a rank comparable to an army lieutenant general.

Origin of air marshal

First recorded in 1915–20

British Dictionary definitions for air marshal

air marshal

noun

a senior Royal Air Force officer of equivalent rank to a vice admiral in the Royal Navy
a Royal Australian Air Force officer of the highest rank
a Royal New Zealand Air Force officer of the highest rank when chief of defence forces
a person employed to travel as an armed guard on commercial flights to protect against hijacking