constable

IPA: kˈɑnstʌbʌɫ

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.

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.
“Should I call a constable?” the housekeeper asked.
Then let us call a constable to ask the same question.
The constable is the titular head of the Honorary Police.
The public office in question was the office of constable.
Likewise if a lowly constable is failing he too is moved on.
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.
As it happens, Chabot's new constable is Silas Jones, a former high-school friend of Ott's now returned to his old stomping grounds.
One of the things I have found a bit depressing about being a constable is the realisation that money and an expensive education is no guarantee of good manners and common sense.
A constable is the servant of the people, and it is not his place to mete out summary punishment to those whom he decides have failed to accord him the respect he feels he deserves.