Definitions for court-martial

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court-martial court-mar·tial

Spelling: [kawrt-mahr-shuh l, -mahr-, kohrt-]

IPA: /ˈkɔrtˌmɑr ʃəl, -ˈmɑr-, ˈkoʊrt-/

Court-Martial is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 797 anagrams from letters in court-martial (-aacilmorrttu).

Definitions for court-martial

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:
4. a session of such a court:

verb (used with object)

1. to arraign and try by court-martial.

Origin of court-martial

First recorded in 1565-75; earlier martial court

Examples for court-martial

I trust, sir, you have not come to question the finding of the court-martial.

They are badly paid, badly trained, and threatened with early retirement or a court-martial if they disobey orders, says Mahfouz.

Colonel Falconer was sent home to be tried by a court-martial.

As his court-martial finally got under way, I was reading a book called Making War at Fort Hood.

"That will be the business of the court-martial," he answered.

If Garfield recovers from his wound he will be tried by court-martial.

Now facing criminal charges, Neubauer could be standing before a court-martial by mid-June.

In the meantime I had been tried by court-martial, and reduced to the ranks.

Then they decide that such a court-martial would embarrass them.

Of the 65 reported assaults last year, in only one case was the accused assailant subjected to a court-martial.