"constable" meaning in Middle English

See constable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kun(ə)ˈstaːblə/, /kun(ə)ˈstaːbəl/, /ˈkun(ə)stablə/ [reduced], /ˈkun(ə)stabəl/ [reduced] Forms: constables [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Old French conestable; compare counte (“count”), stable (“stable”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|enm|fro|conestable}} Borrowed from Old French conestable Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} constable, {{enm-noun}} constable (plural constables)
  1. constable (high commander or officer of a medieval realm) Categories (topical): Military, Occupations
    Sense id: en-constable-enm-noun-Q2kGUZpy Disambiguation of Military: 100 0 Disambiguation of Occupations: 49 51
  2. constable (warden of a castle) Categories (topical): Feudalism, Government, Occupations, Offices
    Sense id: en-constable-enm-noun-jokL7xo5 Disambiguation of Feudalism: 29 71 Disambiguation of Government: 32 68 Disambiguation of Occupations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Offices: 27 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: conestable, connestabil, connestable, constabil, cunstable, cunestable [Early-Middle-English]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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