CONSTABLE
(also see POLICE)
NOUNS – PERSON
► ALGUACIL ► ALGUAZIL a constable or justice of the peace → 1888 Amer. Southwest usage
► BAN-BEGGAR a constable; a beadle → 1883 Eng. dial.
► BANG-BEGGAR a constable or beadle; a parish officer → 1715 Eng. dial.
► BANGIE a constable; a policeman → 1870 Sc.
► BANG-THE-BEGGAR a constable; a beadle → 1825 Sc.
► BARON NABBEM a constable → 1830 US sl.
► BEAGLE a constable; a sheriff’s officer; a bailiff; one who makes it his business to scent out or hunt down; a beadle → 1559
► BEAKSMAN a constable; a policeman; a guardian of the peace; also, a police-office clerk → 1821 UK sl.
► BECK a constable; a beadle → c1698 UK criminals’ sl.
► BECK-HARMAN a constable → Bk1855 sl.
► BEUR a constable → Bk1890 sl.
► BLACK SPY a constable; an informer → a1790 sl.
► CATCH-ROGUE a constable or bailiff → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FEE GRABBER a constable; a policeman; a deputy sheriff → 1967 Amer. dial.
► GENTLEMAN OF THE SHORT STAFF a constable → 1839
► GRAB a constable or police officer → 1821 criminals’ sl.
► HAMLET a high constable → c1698 UK criminals’ sl.
► HARMAN a constable → 1674 thieves’ sl. obs.
► HARMAN-BECK a constable; the parish-constable or beadle → 1567 thieves’ sl. obs.
► HARNESS a constable; a watchman, a policeman → 1848 UK criminals’ sl.
► HEAD CONSTABLE a senior or chief constable; in later use as a specific rank in certain police forces, notably in India and Pakistan where it is approximately equivalent to a police sergeant elsewhere → 1562
► MAN-CATCHER a constable → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► MAN IN THE MOON a constable; a watchman → M17 sl.
► MOABITE a constable; a bailiff → 1699 sl. obs.
► NABBER a constable; a bailiff; a police officer → 1810 sl.
► NABBING-CULL a constable; a bailiff; a police officer → 1780 sl.
► NABMAN a constable; a police officer → 1823 sl. obs.
► NIGHT MAGISTRATE a constable → 1698 sl.
► PAN-HEAD a district constable → 1940s W. Indies sl.
► PAN KIBBA a district constable → 1940s W. Indies sl.
► SCAB a constable or sheriff’s officer → 1591 sl.
► SQUIRE NABBEM a constable → 1834 US sl.
► VERDERER a petty constable having supervision of a city ward → 1791 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON – OTHER
► MYRMIDONS a constable’s assistant → 1698 sl. (Bk.)