constable

Meaning of constable

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

verb

To act as a constable or policeman.

Information about constable

Hyphenation of constable

con-sta-ble

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • constable is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

constable synonyms

Meaning Constable:

Constable

Anagrams of constable

balconets

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