"constab" meaning in All languages combined

See constab on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: constabs [plural]
Etymology: Short for constable. Head templates: {{en-noun}} constab (plural constabs)
  1. (chiefly Caribbean) A police officer. Tags: Caribbean

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "Short for constable.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "constabs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "constab (plural constabs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Caribbean English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1991, Larry Duberstein, Postcards from Pinsk:",
          "text": "\"I am going to the kitchen this time, Orrin. If I come back in ten minutes and you have not gone, I will simply call the police.\"\nSimply, no less. Could it really be simple for her to have the constabs haul him away?",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A police officer."
      ],
      "id": "en-constab-en-noun-AV3sVPGj",
      "links": [
        [
          "police officer",
          "police officer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly Caribbean) A police officer."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Caribbean"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "constab"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "Short for constable.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "constabs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "constab (plural constabs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Caribbean English",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1991, Larry Duberstein, Postcards from Pinsk:",
          "text": "\"I am going to the kitchen this time, Orrin. If I come back in ten minutes and you have not gone, I will simply call the police.\"\nSimply, no less. Could it really be simple for her to have the constabs haul him away?",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A police officer."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "police officer",
          "police officer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly Caribbean) A police officer."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Caribbean"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "constab"
}

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