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Definition of constable
1 : a high officer of a royal court or noble household especially in the Middle Ages
2 : the warden or governor of a royal castle or a fortified town
3a : a public officer usually of a town or township responsible for keeping the peace and for minor judicial dutiesb chiefly British : police officer; especially : one ranking below sergeant
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Examples of constable in a Sentence
reported the crime to the local constable
Recent Examples of constable from the Web
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Kentucky constable has remained an obscure, sometimes lampooned position.
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Backed by a witness, a Knox County woman says that a deputy sheriff and constable beat her unarmed son without provocation before the deputy then intentionally murdered him.
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Bacala's House Bill 126 would have let constables, sheriffs, justices of the peace and other law enforcement officials collect certain fees.
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The Talladega County constable is among eight candidates running in the Democratic primary in the August 15 special election for Senate.
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Adam West, senior constable for Victoria state police, said the man never entered the cockpit of the plane, which landed safely after the pilot radioed a request for assistance about 11:40 p.m. (9:40 a.m. ET).
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Horton, born in Union, Conn., had already been elected constable at 21 in Oswego, N.Y., founded Hortonville, Wisc., at 33 and joined the Gold Rush in 1851 (and rescued fellow passengers from a mob at the Isthmus of Panama).
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Horton, born in Union, Conn., had already been elected constable at 21 in Oswego, N.Y., founded Hortonville, Wisc.
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Ian Hopkins, chief constable of Greater Manchester Police, said photos leaked to the U.S. media showing fragments of the explosive and a shredded backpack allegedly used by suicide bomber Salman Abedi had compounded victims' grief.
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Origin and Etymology of constable
Middle English conestable, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin comes stabuli, literally, officer of the stable
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CONSTABLE Defined for English Language Learners
constable
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: a public official whose job is similar to that of a police officer but who is elected or appointed rather than hired
CONSTABLE Defined for Kids
constable
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: a police officer usually of a village or small town
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constable
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: a public officer usually of a town or township responsible for keeping the peace and for minor judicial duties
Origin and Etymology of constable
Old French conestable military commander, chief of the royal household, from Late Latin comes stabuli, literally, officer of the stable
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