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A medieval count's stable boy who somehow ended up arresting you.
means A constable is a police officer, usually of the lowest rank, charged with keeping the peace in a local area.
from The essence is closer to the truth than it has any right to be. 'Constable' comes through Old French 'conestable' from Late Latin 'comes stabuli' — literally 'count of the stable,' the officer in charge of a ruler's horses. Over the centuries this stable-master climbed the ranks into a high household and military official, and eventually the title trickled down to those who enforced local order. So the muck of the medieval stable really did, by slow promotion, end up wearing a badge.
- origin
- From Latin meaning officer of the stable
- rank
- Lowest UK police rank, highest in dignity
- painter
- John Constable revolutionized landscape art with clouds
- chess relic
- Once Europe's top military commander, not a beat cop
- special breed
- Volunteer constables patrol unpaid in Britain today
john constable — english romantic painter (1776-1837) famous for landscape paintings like the hay wain
constable police rank — lowest sworn police officer rank in uk, canada, australia, and other commonwealth countries