Constable, << KON stuh buhl, >> is a police officer in a rural community of the United States. Constables may arrest people suspected of crime. But their main job is to carry out court orders. The word constable comes from the title of an official of the East Roman Empire called the comes stabuli, or count of the stable. In France, the constable was once a member of the monarch’s household, or a commander of the monarch’s armies. In England, all police officers are called constables.
