constable

• n. 保安官、警視正; 警察官
• n. (Constable) 人名; (Eng.) Constable.

ラテン語のstabuli（馬を担当する役人）が語源で、語源は伯爵、伯爵、厩舎、馬小屋と同じ。この言葉の意味はその後変化した。marshal, generalと比較されるが、もともとは馬を担当する将校。

constable

constable: [13] The late Latin comes stabulī was an officer in charge of the stables (comes is the source of the English title count, and stabulum is the ancestor of English stable). From the comparatively lowly status of head groom, the job gradually grew in importance until Old French conestable was used for the principal officer of the household of the early French kings. In the 14th century the title was adopted for the Constable of England. On a less exalted level, the word has also been used since the 14th century for someone appointed to uphold law and order, and was applied to police officers when they were called into being in the 1830s.
=> count, stable

constable (n.)

c. 1200, "chief household officer, justice of the peace," from Old French conestable (12c., Modern French connétable), "steward, governor," principal officer of the Frankish king's household, from Late Latin comes stabuli, literally "count of the stable" (established by Theodosian Code, c.438 C.E.), hence, "chief groom." See count (n.). Second element is from Latin stabulum "stable, standing place" (see stable (n.)). Probably a translation of a Germanic word. Meaning "an officer of the peace" is from c. 1600, transferred to "police officer" 1836. French reborrowed constable 19c. as "English police."

1. The Chief Constable 's clipped tones crackled over the telephone line.

電話線の先からパチパチと警察局長の短い声が聞こえてきた。

2.He detailed a constable to take it to the Incident Room.

彼は警察を派遣して重事件捜査室に送った。

3.The Chief Constable deeply resented any intrusions into his manor.

警察庁長官は、管轄区域への侵入行為をひどく憎んでいる。

4.The Chief Constable said that sexual harassment was deplorable.

郡警察局長はセクハラは非難されるべきだと述べた。

5.The detective- constable picked out the words with difficulty.

警官はこれらの文字を認識するのに苦労した。