different between constable vs sheriff

English

Etymology

From Middle English constable, cunstable, constabil, connestable, cunestable, from Old French conestable, from Latin comes stabul? (“officer of the stables”). For the sense-development, compare marshal.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?nst?b?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?nst?b?l/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?k?nst?b?l/

Noun

constable (plural constables)

1. One holding the lowest rank in most Commonwealth police forces. (See also chief constable.)
2. (Britain, law) A police officer or an officer with equivalent powers.
3. (historical) An officer of a noble court in the Middle Ages, usually a senior army commander. (See also marshal).
4. The warden of a castle.
5. (US) A public officer, usually at municipal level, responsible for maintaining order or serving writs and court orders.
6. (Channel Islands) An elected head of a parish (also known as a connétable)
7. A large butterfly, Dichorragia nesimachus, family Nymphalidae, of Asia.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:police officer

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

constable (third-person singular simple present constables, present participle constabling, simple past and past participle constabled)

1. (intransitive, dated) To act as a constable or policeman.

Anagrams

• balconets

English

Alternative forms

• sherriff, shrieve (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English shirreve, from Old English sc?r?er?fa, corresponding to shire +? reeve. There is no etymological connection to Sharif (??????? (šar?f)), an Arabic title of honour that has cognates in other languages including Hindi, Urdu, Portuguese, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?????f/, /?????f/

Noun

sheriff (plural sheriffs)

1. (Britain, except Scotland) (High Sheriff) An official of a shire or county office, responsible for carrying out court orders, law enforcement and other duties.
2. (Scotland) A judge in the sheriff court, the court of a county or sheriffdom.
3. (US) A government official, usually responsible for law enforcement in his county and for administration of the county jail, sometimes an officer of the court, usually elected.

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Translations

Verb

sheriff (third-person singular simple present sheriffs, present participle sheriffing, simple past and past participle sheriffed)

1. To carry out the duties of a sheriff

Anagrams

• Shiffer

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English sheriff.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?if/, [??e.?if]

Noun

sheriff m (plural sheriffs)

1. sheriff (all senses)

   Synonym: alguacil