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police constable

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Noun1.police constablepolice constable - a police officer of the lowest rank
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
police constable n (BRIT) → guardia m; policía m
police constable police n (Brit) → agent m de police
police constable police (Brit) n → Polizist(in) m(f), Polizeibeamte(r) m, Polizeibeamtin f
police constable n (BRIT) → agente m di polizia


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Snagsby descends and finds the two 'prentices intently contemplating a police constable, who holds a ragged boy by the arm.
Bleak House by Dickens, Charles View in context
The garden was bounded by a three-foot brick wall with a fringe of wood rails upon the top, and against this wall was leaning a stalwart police constable, surrounded by a small knot of loafers, who craned their necks and strained their eyes in the vain hope of catching some glimpse of the proceedings within.
A Study In Scarlet by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
A guilty-looking cat issuing from under the stones ran for a while in front of Mr Verloc, then dived into another basement; and a thick police constable, looking a stranger to every emotion, as if he too were part of inorganic nature, surging apparently out of a lamp-post, took not the slightest notice of Mr Verloc.
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