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court-mar·tial
[kawrt-mahr-shuhl, -mahr-, kohrt-] noun, plural courts-mar·tial, court-mar·tials, verb, -tialed, -tial·ing or (especially British) -tialled, -tial·ling. noun
1.
a court consisting of military or naval personnel appointed by a commander to try charges of offenses by soldiers, sailors, etc., against military or naval law.
2.
a trial by such a court.
3.
a conviction by such a court: He lost his privileges because of his court-martial.
4.
a session of such a court: He attended the court-martial this morning.
verb (used with object)
5.
to arraign and try by court-martial.
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Courts-martial
is always a great word to know.
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Origin:
1565–75; earlier martial court
1565–75; earlier martial court
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