2.in the US, someone who has some of the powers of a police officer and can sendlegaldocuments that order someone to do something 〔美国拥有部分警察权力的〕治安官,警官
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constable• Yet, according to the chiefconstable, in the same period calls for service have increased by 85 percent.• I recognised the uniform of a police constable.• They stopped at the modernbungalow that was the home and office of the local police constable.• But all Mrs Ullman found was the intimidatingbulk of three police constables.• Before shaving, he rang his office and spoke to the woman police constable who acted as his secretary.• Seven other County Durham officers and a specialconstable have also been commended by the chief constable.• I've already given their names to the constable in the library.• The constables were known to the certificate-holder personally.
Originconstable
(1800-1900)constable“high-ranking royal official, local officer of the law”((12-21 centuries)), from Old Frenchconestable, from Late Latincomes stabuli“officer of the stable”