An officer immediately subordinate to a constable; an under-constable; a deputy constable. Also occasionally as a title or form of address.

figurative. One who makes it his business to scent out or hunt down; a spy or informer; a constable, sheriff's officer, bailiff.

a constable; the parish-constable or beadle.

(A generic name for, or form of address to) a servant, or other person considered to be of inferior rank, as a military cadet, new recruit, etc. Now…

A constable: ‘perhaps because their whips were “stringed instruments”’ (W. D. Macray, ed. Ret. Parn.).

A person holding an office in law enforcement; a sheriff's serjeant, a bailiff; †a catchpole (obsolete); a member of a police force. Also: †a…

An officer of the peace. (See Sir J. Stephen Hist. Crim. Law, I. vii. 194–200.) generally.

a person with a red beard; (perhaps) spec. †a constable, a watchman (obsolete).

A person likened to Robin Hog; spec. a messenger of the press (see messenger, n. 3c).

slang. A bailiff; a constable. Obsolete.

a constable.