Crossword clues for constable
constable
- Artist using copper
- Artist, an apprehensive type?
- Policeman's list of wrongdoers?
- Police officer in Cape, working with firm
- Police officer
- Painter studies board
- Public officer
- Prisoners' surface for chow?
- Inmate dining section?
- Furniture in a prison?
- Flatford Mill painter
- Copper — artist
- Bobby's title
- "The law," in many small towns
- A lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff
- English landscape painter (1776-1837)
- Prisoners' surface for chow? (9)
- English landscapist: 1776–1837
- Painter of "Fog Over Scotland Yard"?
- Painter of the "The Hay Wain"
- Protector of the public
- Copper - artist
- One who painted copper
- One who had a brush with the law?
- Officer with prisoner not changing
- Where prisoners eat CO
- Swindle firm for a nicker?
- Firmly established after study of artist
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Constable \Con"sta*ble\ (k[o^]n"st[.a]*b'l or k[u^]n"st[.a]*b'l), n. [OE. conestable, constable, a constable (in sense 1), OF. conestable, F. conn['e]table, LL. conestabulus, constabularius, comes stabuli, orig., count of the stable, master of the horse, equerry; comes count (L. companion) + L. stabulum stable. See Count a nobleman, and Stable.]
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A high officer in the monarchical establishments of the Middle Ages.
Note: The constable of France was the first officer of the crown, and had the chief command of the army. It was also his duty to regulate all matters of chivalry. The office was suppressed in 1627. The constable, or lord high constable, of England, was one of the highest officers of the crown, commander in chief of the forces, and keeper of the peace of the nation. He also had judicial cognizance of many important matters. The office was as early as the Conquest, but has been disused (except on great and solemn occasions), since the attainder of Stafford, duke of Buckingham, in the reign of Henry VIII.
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(Law) An officer of the peace having power as a conservator of the public peace, and bound to execute the warrants of judicial officers.
--Bouvier.Note: In England, at the present time, the constable is a conservator of the peace within his district, and is also charged by various statutes with other duties, such as serving summons, precepts, warrants, etc. In the United States, constables are town or city officers of the peace, with powers similar to those of the constables of England. In addition to their duties as conservators of the peace, they are invested with others by statute, such as to execute civil as well as criminal process in certain cases, to attend courts, keep juries, etc. In some cities, there are officers called high constables, who act as chiefs of the constabulary or police force. In other cities the title of constable, as well as the office, is merged in that of the police officer.
High constable, a constable having certain duties and powers within a hundred. [Eng.]
Petty constable, a conservator of the peace within a parish or tithing; a tithingman. [Eng.]
Special constable, a person appointed to act as constable of special occasions.
To overrun the constable, or outrun the constable, to spend more than one's income; to get into debt. [Colloq.]
--Smollett.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1200, "chief household officer, justice of the peace," from Old French conestable (12c., Modern French connétable), "steward, governor," principal officer of the Frankish king's household, from Late Latin comes stabuli, literally "count of the stable" (established by Theodosian Code, c.438 C.E.), hence, "chief groom." See count (n.). Second element is from Latin stabulum "stable, standing place" (see stable (n.)). Probably a translation of a Germanic word. Meaning "an officer of the peace" is from c.1600, transferred to "police officer" 1836. French reborrowed constable 19c. as "English police."
Wiktionary
n. (context British NZ English) A police officer ranking below sergeant in most British/New Zealand police forces. (See also chief constable).
WordNet
n. a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff
English landscape painter (1776-1837) [syn: John Constable]
a police officer of the lowest rank [syn: police constable]
Wikipedia
A constable is a person holding a particular office, most commonly in criminal law enforcement. The office of constable can vary significantly in different jurisdictions. A constable is commonly the rank of an officer within the police. Other persons may be granted powers of a constable without holding the title of constable.
A constable is a person holding a particular office, most commonly in law enforcement.
Constable may also refer to:
- Constable (surname)
- John Constable, English artist
- Constable, New York, United States
The surname Constable may refer to:
- Andrew Constable, Lord Constable (1865–1928), Scottish politician and judge
- Albert Constable (1805-1855), American politician
- Archibald Constable (1774-1827), Scottish publisher and bookseller
- Bernie Constable (1921–1997), English cricketer
- Cuthbert Constable (died 1746), English physician and antiquary
- Dean Constable (born 1980), Canadian politician
- Dennis Constable (born 1925), English cricketer
- Elinor G. Constable (born 1934), American diplomat
- Francis Constable (1592–1647), English bookseller and publisher
- Henry Constable (1562–1613), English poet
- Ian Constable, Australian ophthalmologist
- James Constable (born 1984), English footballer
- Jim Constable (1933-2002), American baseball player
- Jimmy Constable (born 1971), British pop singer
- John Constable (1776–1837), English painter
- Kate Constable (born 1966), Australian author
- Liz Constable (born 1943), Australian politician
- Marmaduke Constable (c. 1455–1518), English soldier
- Paule Constable, British lighting designer
- Robert Constable (c. 1478–1537), English nobleman and soldier
- Robert Lee Constable, American computer scientist
- Sir William Constable, 1st Baronet (bap. 1590–1655), English soldier and politician
- William George Constable (1887–1976), English-American art historian
Category:English-language surnames
Usage examples of "constable".
Rattisbon threatened him shrilly with the Municipal Corporation Aet of 1822 and looked about him for a constable.
Carrick, a natural son of their late king, the earls of Athole and Monteith, lord Hay of Errol, constable, and the lords Keith and Lindsey.
Chief Constable Riddle, who had hated Banks from the start, was even more pissed off at him than ever now.
Detective Constable David Sparkington, owner of the beadier pair of eyes.
As I sat down in a student desk the police had commandeered more classrooms I nodded amiably at her attendant constable, a Geordie whose hair was the colour of the flashing part of a Belisha beacon.
Constable Jordan in Da Nang a week ago, and he feels Binh Duc is probably responsible for the placement of the mine that killed Mrs.
Edward, Duke and Earl of Buckingham, Earl and Baron of Stafford, Prince of Brecknock, Count of Perche in Normandy, Knight of the Garter, hereditary Lord High Steward, and, in virtue of the blood of Bohun, Lord High Constable of England.
Chief Constable, wanting to know what other crime prevention measures could have been put in place for the cost of busting one high-profile bloke smoking a bit of dope in the privacy of his own home.
Right behind them were a couple of plainweave carpets that carried plainclothes constables.
Lord Constable of the Realm, Tinnis Catclaw, who had proved his courage during the Battle of Holt Mallburn.
At his insistence on this morning after the crime, the petty constable had taken the local cunning woman, old Mother Coddington, into custody.
Haggard special constables with white badges stood at the corners of every street.
Constable bent down, pulled off one of the lawyer s shoes and socks and wiped the blood off the table as best he could and covered the rest with documents and pads of paper.
The faker, closely held by the constable who had arrested him, and by a brother officer who had hurried up, gave the strange girl one look.
The constable spared Fawkes the details, and Fawkes did not demand them.