Constable

Quick meaning: Constable is a noun meaning One holding the lowest rank in most Commonwealth police forces. (See also chief constable.).

Meaning

One holding the lowest rank in most Commonwealth police forces. (See also chief constable.).

More Meanings

1. (UK, law) A police officer or an officer with equivalent powers.
2. The warden of a castle.
3. (Channel Islands) An elected head of a parish (also known as a connétable)
4. A large butterfly, Dichorragia nesimachus, family Nymphalidae, of Asia.
5. (intransitive, dated) To act as a constable or policeman.
6. (US) An elected or appointed public officer, usually at municipal level, responsible for maintaining order or serving writs and court orders.
7. (historical) An officer of a noble court in the Middle Ages, usually a senior army commander. (See also marshal).

Example Sentences

As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.

Word Forms

• constables
• constabling
• constabled

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include police, policeman, gendarme, patrolman, policing, gendarmerie.

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