air marshal

noun

1

: a commissioned officer in the British air force who ranks with a lieutenant general in the army

2

: an armed federal officer in plain clothes who is assigned to prevent skyjackings : sky marshal

Examples of air marshal in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Quiet Skies was revealed in 2018 by The Boston Globe, which said the program deployed air marshals, who fly armed and undercover to thwart terrorists, to track dozens of suspicious travelers daily. —Josh Meyer, USA Today, 6 June 2025

Republican Tulsi Gabbard spoke out in 2024 after she was placed on the Quiet Skies list and subjected to searches and monitoring by federal air marshals. —Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 3 June 2025

Attorney information for Jay-Jarrett, who now works as a federal air marshal with the Department of Homeland Security, wasn’t immediately available the afternoon of March 21. —Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025

Here's a rundown of what the TSA duties are: TSA air marshals are like the policemen of our skies, according to the Department of Homeland Security. —Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1919, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for air marshal

• impartial
• parshall
• partial