constable.
One holding the lowest rank in most Commonwealth police forces. (See also chief constable.)
Meaning & usage
One holding the lowest rank in most Commonwealth police forces. (See also chief constable.)
A police officer or an officer with equivalent powers.
An officer of a noble court in the Middle Ages, usually a senior army commander. (See also marshal).
The warden of a castle.
An elected or appointed public officer, usually at municipal level, responsible for maintaining order or serving writs and court orders.
An elected head of a parish (also known as a connétable)
A large butterfly, Dichorragia nesimachus, family Nymphalidae, of Asia.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English constable, cunstable, constabil, connestable, cunestable, from Old French conestable, from Latin comes stabulī (“officer of the stables”). For the sense-development; compare marshal. Doublet of connétable.
To act as a constable or policeman.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English constable, cunstable, constabil, connestable, cunestable, from Old French conestable, from Latin comes stabulī (“officer of the stables”). For the sense-development; compare marshal. Doublet of connétable.
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