Constable

['kʌnstəb(ə)l;'kɒn-] or ['kɑnstəbl]

Definition

(noun.) a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff.

(noun.) a police officer of the lowest rank.

(noun.) English landscape painter (1776-1837).

Checker: Vivian--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A high officer in the monarchical establishments of the Middle Ages.

(n.) An officer of the peace having power as a conservator of the public peace, and bound to execute the warrants of judicial officers.

Editor: Xenia

Definition

n. formerly a state-officer of the highest rank: the warden of a castle: a peace-officer: a policeman.—ns. Con′stablery the charge of a constable; Con′stableship; Con′stablewick the district of a constable; Con′stabling acting as a constable or policeman; Constab′ulary the body of constables of a district town &c.—adj. of or pertaining to constables or peace-officers.—Constable of France chief of the household under the old French kings then commander-in-chief of the army judge in questions of chivalry tournaments and martial displays.—High Constable one of two constables ordained in every hundred or franchise to make the view of armour and to see to the conservation of the peace; High Constable of Scotland the first subject in Scotland after the blood-royal; Lord High Constable of England the seventh great officer of the crown and formerly a judge in the court of chivalry.—Outrun the constable to go too fast: to get into debt.—Special constable a person sworn in by the justices to preserve the peace or to execute warrants on special occasions.

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