police constable

  • 1police constable — police constables N COUNT; N TITLE A police constable is a policeman or policewoman of the lowest rank. [BRIT] A police constable is handling all inquiries. ...Police Constable David Casey. (in AM, use police officer) …

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  • 2Police constable — Police Po*lice , n. [F., fr. L. politia the condition of a state, government, administration, Gr. ?, fr. ? to be a citizen, to govern or administer a state, fr. ? citizen, fr. ? city; akin to Skr. pur, puri. Cf. {Policy} polity, {Polity}.] 1. A… …

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  • 3police constable — index peace officer Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 4police constable — noun a police officer of the lowest rank • Syn: ↑constable • Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain …

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  • 5police constable — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms police constable : singular police constable plural police constables British a police officer of the lowest rank …

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  • 6police constable — po.lice constable n BrE formal PC a police officer of the lowest rank …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 7police constable — noun (C) BrE formal a police officer of the lowest rank …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 8police constable — /pəˈlis kʌnstəbəl/ (say puh lees kunstuhbuhl) noun a police officer of the lowest regular rank …

  • 9Police Community Support Officer — Police Community Support Officers (PCSO) ( cy. Swyddogion Cymorth Cymunedol yr Heddlu, SCCH or Heddlu Ategol) are uniformed personnel working with the Police in England and Wales. The Police prefix is optional, with Community Support Officer… …

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  • 10constable — [ kɔ̃stabl ] n. m. • 1765; mot angl., de l a. fr. conestable → connétable ♦ Dans les pays anglo saxons, Officier de police; sergent de ville. ● constable nom masculin (anglais constable, de l ancien français conestable, connétable) En Grande… …

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