Definition of constable Constable

/kɑˈnstʌbʌl/ - [kanstubul] - con•sta•ble

We found 12 definitions of constable from 6 different sources.

What does constable mean?

Noun Plural: constables
constable - a police officer of the lowest rank
		police constable
		police officer, policeman, officer a member of a police force; "it was an accident, officer"
constable - a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff
constable - English landscape painter (1776-1837)
		John Constable

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constable (Noun)
A police officer ranking below sergeant in most British/New Zealand police forces. See also Chief Constable .
constable (Noun)
Officer of a noble court in the middle ages, usually a senior army commander. See also marshal.
constable (Noun)
Public officer, usually at municipal level, responsible for maintaining order or serving writs and court orders.
constable (Noun)
A elected head of a parish.

constable (n.)
A high officer in the monarchical establishments of the Middle Ages.
constable (n.)
An officer of the peace having power as a conservator of the public peace, and bound to execute the warrants of judicial officers.

constable
kun′sta-bl, 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. [O. Fr. conestable (Fr. connétable)—L. comes stabuli, count of the stabulum, stable.]

constable
The title in the Middle Ages of the highest military officer in France under the king. The term comes from the low Latin phrase comes stabuli, count of the stables.