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▸ noun: (UK, law) A police officer or an officer with equivalent powers.
▸ noun: (historical) An officer of a noble court in the Middle Ages, usually a senior army commander. (See also marshal).
▸ noun: The warden of a castle.
▸ noun: (US) An elected or appointed public officer, usually at municipal level, responsible for maintaining order or serving writs and court orders.
▸ noun: (Channel Islands) An elected head of a parish (also known as a connétable)
▸ noun: A large butterfly, Dichorragia nesimachus, family Nymphalidae, of Asia.
▸ verb: (intransitive, dated) To act as a constable or policeman.
▸ noun: An English surname originating as an occupation from Old French conestable (“constable”).
▸ noun: A town in Franklin County, New York; named for landowner William Constable.
▸ noun: John Constable, English painter.
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cons.,
cst.,
chief constable,
underconstable,
constableship,
subconstable,
constabless,
superintendent,
constablewick,
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