Constable

Con·sta·ble  (knst-bl, kn-), John 1776-1837.

British landscape painter whose use of broken color influenced later French painters. The Hay Wain (1821) is his best-known work.

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con·sta·ble  (knst-bl, kn-)

n. Abbr. Cons. or Const.

1. A peace officer with less authority and smaller jurisdiction than a sheriff, empowered to serve writs and warrants and make arrests.

2. A medieval officer of high rank, usually serving as military commander in the absence of a monarch.

3. The governor of a royal castle.

4. Chiefly British A police officer.

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[Middle English, from Old French conestable, from Late Latin comes stabul, officer of the stable : Latin comes, officer, companion; see ei- in Indo-European roots + Latin stabul, genitive of stabulum, stable; see st- in Indo-European roots.]

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consta·ble·ship n.

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constable

Noun

a police officer of the lowest rank [Late Latin comes stabuli officer in charge of the stable]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	constable - a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff law officer, lawman, peace officer - an officer of the law
	2.	Constable - English landscape painter (1776-1837) John Constable
	3.	constable - a police officer of the lowest rank police constable Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom police officer, policeman, officer - a member of a police force; "it was an accident, officer"

Translations

constable [ˈkʌnstəbl] n (BRIT) → agente m/f (de policía);

chief constable → jefe m/f de policía

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constable [ˈkʌnstəbl] n (Brit) → agent m de police, gendarme m;

chief constable → préfet m de police

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constable [ˈkʌnstəbl] (Brit) n → Polizist m;

chief constable → Polizeipräsident m, Polizeichef m

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constable [ˈkʌnstəbl] n (BRIT) (also: police constable) → poliziotto, agente m di polizia

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constable

n constable [ˈkanstəbl, (American ) ˈka:n-]

a policeman, especially one not of high rank. konstabel, diender, polisieagent شُرطي بَريطاني полицай strážník politibetjent der Schutzmann αστυφύλακας policía, guardia, agente de policía konstaabel پاسبان konstaapeli agent/-e de police שׁוֹטֵר, שׁוֹטֶרֶת चौकीदार, कान्स्टेबल stražar, policajac, činovnik rendőr agen polisi löggæslumaður agente 警官 경관 policininkas policists konstabel agent politikonstabel/-betjent policjant polícia poliţist констебль strážnik stražnik policajac polis, []konstapel ตำรวจ polis memuru 警察, 治安官 констебль, полісмен سپاهى، كانس‍ٹ‍یبل viên cảnh sát 警察, 治安官

n conˈstabulary [-ˈstӕbju-]

a police force. polisie رِجال شُرْطَه полиция policie politikorps; politistyrke die Polizeitruppe χωροφυλακή policía politseijõud نیروی انتظامی poliisivoimat police מִשטָרָה सिपाहियों का दल redarstveni rendőrség kepolisian lögreglulið corpo di polizia 警察隊 경찰대 policija policija pasukan polis politiemacht politikorps policja polícia poliţist полицейские силы polícia policija policijski poliskår ตำรวจ polis gücü 保安隊，警察隊 поліцейські сили پوليس دست‍ہ lực lượng cảnh sát 保安队，警察队