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单词 sub-constable
释义

sub-constable

/ˌsʌbˈkʌnstəbl/ /ˌsubˈkɒnstəbl/
historical in later use
noun
An officer immediately subordinate to a constable; an under-constable; a deputy constable.
  • In later use chiefly with reference to the Royal Irish Constabulary, in which the office of sub-constable existed as an official rank from the early 19th cent. until 1883..

Origin

Early 16th century; earliest use found in Acts of Parliament. From sub- + constable, probably after post-classical Latin subconstabularius (frequently from 1264 in British sources), subconestabulus under-constable (of a castle). Compare Anglo-Norman southeconstable.

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