Hypertext Webster Gateway: "constable"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Constable \Con"sta*ble\ (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}.]
1. A high officer in the monarchical establishments of the
Middle Ages.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
constable
n 1: a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff
2: English landscape painter (1776-1837) [syn: {Constable}, {John
Constable}]
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