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constable
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Definitions ofconstable
1noun
- One holding the lowest rank in most Commonwealth police forces. (See also chief constable.)
- A police officer or an officer with equivalent powers.
- An officer of a noble court in the Middle Ages, usually a senior army commander. (See also marshal).
- The warden of a castle.
- A public officer, usually at municipal level, responsible for maintaining order or serving writs and court orders.
- (Channel Islands) An elected head of a parish (also known as a connétable)
- A large butterfly, Dichorragia nesimachus, family Nymphalidae, of Asia.
1verb
- To act as a constable or policeman.
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