constable
see also: Constable
Pronunciation Noun
Constable
Proper noun
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see also: Constable
Pronunciation Noun
constable (plural constables)
- One holding the lowest rank in most Commonwealth police forces. (See also chief constable.)
- (UK, law) A police officer or an officer with equivalent powers.
- (historical) An officer of a noble court in the Middle Ages, usually a senior army commander. (See also marshal).
- The warden of a castle.
- (US) A public officer, usually at municipal level, responsible for maintaining order or serving writs and court orders.
- (Channel Islands) An elected head of a parish (also known as a connétable)
- A large butterfly, Dichorragia nesimachus, family Nymphalidae, of Asia.
- French: constable
- Italian: appuntato (carabinieri), agente (polizia)
- Portuguese: agente
- Russian: консте́бль
- French: connétable
- Portuguese: condestável
- Russian: консте́бль
- French: connétable
constable (constables, present participle constabling; past and past participle constabled)
- (intransitive, dated) To act as a constable or policeman.
Constable
Proper noun
- Surname from Old French conestable.
- A town in New York, ;.
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