Obs. Also veldt-marshal, velt-mareschal. [ad. G. feld-marschall, with the spelling of the first element influenced by LG. or Du.] = FIELD-MARSHAL.
1709. Lond. Gaz., No. 4560/2. The King of Denmark and King Augustus stood as Godfathers to a Son of the Velt-Marshal.
1737. Gentl. Mag., VII. 641/2. To resign the Command of the Army provisionally to Velt-Marshal Philippi.
1774. H. Walpole, Corr. (1846), V. 368. You may be a veldt-marshal by this time.
1819. Scott, Leg. Montrose, xi. Anent whilk I have heard the great Velt-Mareschal Bannier hold a learned argument with General Tiefenbach.
