constable

About 3.19 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun One holding the lowest rank in most Commonwealth police forces. (See also chief constable.)
2. noun A police officer or an officer with equivalent powers.
3. noun An officer of a noble court in the Middle Ages, usually a senior army commander. (See also marshal).
4. noun The warden of a castle.
5. noun An elected or appointed public officer, usually at municipal level, responsible for maintaining order or serving writs and court orders.
6. noun An elected head of a parish (also known as a connétable)
7. noun A large butterfly, Dichorragia nesimachus, family Nymphalidae, of Asia.
8. verb To act as a constable or policeman.

Similar words

police policeman gendarme patrolman policing gendarmerie officer mounties brigadier sarge

Often followed by

of and to was in or had who for

Word family

Constable John Constable constables