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  1. Latin comes stabuli `count of the stable' a
  2. low-ranking police officer. In medieval
  3. Europe, a constable was an officer of the
  4. king, originally responsible for army stores
  5. and stabling, and later responsible for the
  6. army in the king's absence. In England the
  7. constable subsequently became an official at
  8. a sheriff's court of law, leading to the
  9. title's current meaning.
  10.