constable

noun · verbB2

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noun

Plural noun:

constables

1.
One holding the lowest rank in most Commonwealth police forces. (See also chief constable.)
2.
(UK)(UK, law) A police officer or an officer with equivalent powers.
3.
(historical)An officer of a noble court in the Middle Ages, usually a senior army commander. (See also marshal).
4.
The warden of a castle.
5.
(US)An elected or appointed public officer, usually at municipal level, responsible for maintaining order or serving writs and court orders.
6.
(Channel Islands) An elected head of a parish (also known as a connétable)
7.
A large butterfly, Dichorragia nesimachus, family Nymphalidae, of Asia.

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verb

V_es/s

constables

V_ing/Gerund

constabling

V_ed/pp

constabled

1.
(dated, intransitive)To act as a constable or policeman.

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English constable, cunstable, constabil, connestable, cunestable, from Old French conestable, from Latin stabulī]]. For the sense-development; compare marshal. connétable.