constable
IPA: kˈɑnstʌbʌɫ
noun
- 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) An elected or appointed 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.
- An English surname originating as an occupation from Old French conestable (“constable”).
- A town in Franklin County, New York; named for landowner William Constable.
- John Constable, English painter.
verb
- (intransitive, dated) To act as a constable or policeman.
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Examples of "constable" in Sentences
- The constable caught the criminal.
- It shows the story of the Constable family.
- Lwaxana is instantly infatuated with the Constable.
- The constable is the titular head of the Honorary Police.
- The public office in question was the office of constable.
- During the coronation the constable would hold the king's horse.
- At the time it was equivalent to the office of Constable of France.
- He was under the command of the Constable of France and the Marshals.
- The character was a police constable and the eldest child of the Holden family.
- It could also stand for Police Constable and the the raincoat identified above.