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name
An English surname originating as an occupation from Old French conestable (“constable”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A town in Franklin County, New York; named for landowner William Constable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
One holding the lowest rank in most Commonwealth police forces. (See also chief constable.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A police officer or an officer with equivalent powers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
Topics: law
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noun
An officer of a noble court in the Middle Ages, usually a senior army commander. (See also marshal).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
The warden of a castle.
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noun
An elected or appointed public officer, usually at municipal level, responsible for maintaining order or serving writs and court orders.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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noun
An elected head of a parish (also known as a connétable)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Channel Islands
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noun
A large butterfly, Dichorragia nesimachus, family Nymphalidae, of Asia.
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verb
To act as a constable or policeman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, intransitive
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noun
a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: lawman, law officer, peace officer
noun
a police officer of the lowest rank
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: police constable
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Broader terms: policeman, police officer, officer
noun
English landscape painter (1776-1837)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: John Constable
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Broader terms: painter
History
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.
Across languages
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