con|sta|ble «KON stuh buhl, KUHN-», noun.
1. a police officer, especially in a township, district, or rural area of the United States.
2. British. policeman: »
The troopers [of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police] are called constables (E. R. Adair).
3. a chief officer of a household, court, or army, especially in the Middle Ages.
4. the keeper of a royal fortress or castle.
╂[< Old French conestable < Late Latin comes stabulī count of the stable; (later) chief household officer]
–con´sta|ble|ship, noun.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.