CONSTABLE


Meaning of CONSTABLE in English

n. 1 Brit. a a policeman or policewoman. b (also police constable) a police officer of the lowest rank. 2 the governor of a royal castle. 3 hist. the principal officer in a royal household. Chief Constable the head of the police force of a county or other region.

[ ME f. OF conestable f. LL comes stabuli count of the stable ]

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