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CONSTABLE
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SOURCE: Occupation
USAGE: English
Meaning & History
From the Latin comes stabuli, the "count or officer of the stable". By the time it had reached France it had become Cunestable, and as such was brought to England. A little later the term was applied to a military officer.
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