This glamorous new title refers to those making sure people keep a safe distance from others when inside
As libraries in England prepare to reopen after the lockdown, some are engaging “space marshals”. Interstellar criminals love to read, so a library is a good place to look for them on Earth, but this is not that kind of space.
A “space marshal”, instead, is someone meant to supervise physical distancing. “Marshal” comes from the Old French “mareschal”, originally meaning someone who looked after horses, and then a military commander. In English it came to denote various kinds of official, especially those responsible for prisoners, and hence the American agency known as the US Marshals, one of whom was memorably played by Tommy Lee Jones in the 1998 film of that name.
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