Constable /(kŏn"stȧ*b'l [or] kŭn"stȧ*b'l)/
Con·sta·ble
Constable
n.
- A high officer in the monarchical establishments of the Middle Ages.
- An officer of the peace having power as a conservator of the public peace, and bound to execute the warrants of judicial officers. (Law)
Phrases & Compounds
- High constable
- a constable having certain duties and powers within a hundred.
- Petty constable
- a conservator of the peace within a parish or tithing; a tithingman.
- Special constable
- a person appointed to act as constable of special occasions.
- To overrun, [or] outrun, the constable
- to spend more than one's income; to get into debt.