Constable

Noun

 * 1)  A police officer ranking below sergeant in most British police forces. (See also Chief Constable).
 * 2) Officer of a noble court in the middle ages, usually a senior army commander. (See also marshal).
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Public officer, usually at municipal level, responsible for maintaining order or serving writs and court orders.
 * 4)  A elected head of a parish (also known as a connétable)

Adjectives for Constable
discomfited; discredited; learned; unskilled; blustering; rural; overmaligned.

Verbs for Constable
appoint—; arm—; authorize—; commit to—; consign to—; deputize—; elect—; empower—; enroll—; escape—; overrule—; rank—; serve as—; uniform—; —admini¬sters ; —arrests; —enforces; —fines; —imprisons; —quells; —sells.

Thesaurus
police officer, police sergeant, policeman, policewoman, portreeve, reeve, roundsman, sergeant, sergeant at arms, sheriff, superintendent, tipstaff, tipstaves, trooper, G-man, John Law, MP, bailiff, beadle, beagle, bobby, bound bailiff, bull, captain, catchpole, chief of police, commissioner, cop, copper, deputy, deputy sheriff, detective, fed, federal, flatfoot, flic, fuzz, gendarme, government man, inspector, lictor, lieutenant, mace-bearer, marshal, mounted policeman, narc, officer, paddy, patrolman, peace officer, peeler, police captain, police commissioner, police constable, police inspector, police matron,

Etymology
conestable: ( > French connétable:), from comes stabuli:. For the sense-development, compare marshall:.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:police officer

Derived terms

 * constabulary

Translations

 * Bulgarian: полицай
 * Italian: appuntato (carabinieri), agente (polizia)


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 * Jèrriais: connêtabl'ye