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sub-ˈconstable Now Hist.
[sub- 6.]
An under-constable, esp. in the Royal Irish Constabulary (see quots. 1814, 1883).
1512Act 4 Hen. VIII, c. 19 §6 Preceptes to the Constables Hedbouroghes Thirdbouroghes Subconstables. 1558–9Act 1 Eliz. c. 21 §16. 1814 Act 54 Geo. III, c. 131 §6 To appoint, for the Aid and Support of any such Chief Magistrates,..a Clerk, and also a Chief Constable, and any Number of Sub Constables, not exceeding Fifty in the whole. 1839Penny Cycl. XIII. 25/2 The police..in 1836, consisted of..155 chief constables of the first and 59 of the second class; 1232 constables; 6233 subconstables. 1883Act 46 Vict. c. 14 §12 After the first day of October one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three the sub-inspectors, constables, acting constables, and sub-constables of the Royal Irish Constabulary, shall respectively be styled district inspectors, sergeants, acting sergeants, and constables. 1886Brophy Sk. R.I.C. i. 7 Sub-Constable D― was a scion of a family that were ruined chiefly by horse-racing. 1907Westm. Gaz. 4 July 1/2 Sir Thomas Echlin..served..as sub-constable and constable in the ranks of the Royal Irish Constabulary. |