high military rank in some European armies, 1610s, from field (n.) + marshal (n.). Compare French maréchal de camp, German Feldmarschall.
field-day
fielder
field-glass
field-goal
fielding
field-marshal
fieldstone
field-work
fiend
fiendish
fierce
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