constable

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constable chief officer of the household, etc. of a sovereign; governor of a royal castle XIII; officer of the peace XIV. — OF. cune-, conestable (mod. connétable), repr. late L. comes stabulī lit. COUNT (i.e. head officer) of the STABLE; cf. the development of the senses of marshal.
So constabulary †constable's office or district XVI; body of constables XIX. — medL.

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