different between nonstable vs constable

English

Etymology

non- +? stable

Adjective

nonstable (not comparable)

1. Not stable.

Anagrams

• nanobelts

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

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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