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Noun
- a law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law
- (in some countries) a military officer of highest rank
- United States jurist; as chief justice of the Supreme Court he established the principles of United States constitutional law (1755-1835)
- United States general and statesman who as Secretary of State organized the European Recovery Program (1880-1959)
- United States actor (1914-1998)