 a constable is a person holding a particular office, most commonly in law enforcement. the office of constable can vary significantly in different jurisdictions. a constable is commonly the rank of an officer within the police. ==etymology== historically, the title comes from the latin comes stabuli (attendant to the stables) and originated from the roman empire; originally, the constable was the officer responsible for keeping the horses of a lord or monarch.p103, bruce, alistair, keepers of the kingdom (cassell, 2002), isbn 0-304-36201-8constable, encyclopÃ¦dia britannica online the title was imported to the monarchies of medieval europe, and in many countries developed into a high military rank and great officer of state (e.g., the constable of france). most constables in modern jurisdictions are law enforcement officers; in the united kingdom, the commonwealth of nations and some european countries, a constable is the lowest rank of police officer (it is also, when preceded by the term 'sworn', used to describe any police officer with arrest and other powers), while in the united states a constable is generally an elected peace officer with lesser jurisdiction than a sheriff. however, in the channel islands a constable is an elected office-holder at the parish level. historically, a constable could also refer to a castellan, the officer charged with the defense of a castle. even today, there is a constable of the tower of london. an equivalent position is that of marshal, which derives from old high german marah "horse" and schalh "servant", and originally meant "stable keeper",jacob und wilhelm grimm, deutsches wÃ¶rterbuch, leipzig 1854â1960, vol. 12 col. 1673 online-version which has a similar etymology.online etymology dictionary: marshal. accessed 8 august 2009. ==historical usage== ===medieval armenia and georgia=== the titles of sparapet and spaspet, derived from the ancient iranian spahbod, were used to designate the supreme commander of the armed forces in the medieval kingdoms of armenia and georgia, re
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