noun. A peace officer with less authority and smaller jurisdiction than a sheriff, empowered to serve writs and warrants and make arrests.

noun. A medieval officer of high rank, usually serving as military commander in the absence of a monarch.

noun. The governor of a royal castle.

noun. A police officer.

noun. The commander of a constabulary or company of men-at-arms.

noun. An officer of high rank in several of the medieval monarchies.

noun. An officer chosen to aid in keeping the peace, and to serve legal process in cases of minor importance.

noun. To live beyond one's means. In this latter sense also overrun the constable.

noun. A high officer in the monarchical establishments of the Middle Ages.

noun. An officer of the peace having power as a conservator of the public peace, and bound to execute the warrants of judicial officers.

noun. a constable having certain duties and powers within a hundred.

noun. a conservator of the peace within a parish or tithing; a tithingman.

noun. a person appointed to act as constable of special occasions.

noun. to spend more than one's income; to get into debt.

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noun. A police officer ranking below sergeant in most British/New Zealand police forces. (See also Chief Constable).

noun. Officer of a noble court in the middle ages, usually a senior army commander. (See also marshal).

noun. Public officer, usually at municipal level, responsible for maintaining order or serving writs and court orders.

noun. A elected head of a parish (also known as a connétable)

noun. English landscape painter (1776-1837)

noun. a police officer of the lowest rank

noun. a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff

"One of the things I have found a bit depressing about being a constable is the realisation that money and an expensive education is no guarantee of good manners and common sense."

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outrun the constable  overrun the constable  

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