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attested in 1287 meaning "royal household", and in 1465 as "the office of the marshal".

One account in the history of a small town in western France reports how the terminology was undergoing a change there at the beginning of the century. At that time, one could refer indistinguishably either to the "archer of the provost" or "archer of the maréchaussée" for example, but by 1720 invariably the latter expression was used.

History

Origins

With the Fall of the Western Roman Empire,

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