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Added 9 October 2026

constable

/ˈkʌn.stə.bəl/ noun

In Latin: vigil Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about constable at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

One holding the lowest rank in most Commonwealth police forces. (See also chief constable.)
A police officer or an officer with equivalent powers.
An officer of a noble court in the Middle Ages, usually a senior army commander. (See also marshal).

verb

To act as a constable or policeman.

Origin

From Middle English constable, cunstable, constabil, connestable, cunestable, from Old French conestable, from Latin comes stabulī (“officer of the stables”). For the sense-development; compare marshal. Doublet of connétable.

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