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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Polizeibeamter

Pronunciation / Transliteration: po-li-tsai-bə-am-tɐ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Constable/ˈkʌn.stə.bəl/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #8500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Der Polizist sorgte für Ordnung auf dem Marktplatz."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A peace officer with lesser powers, or in certain jurisdictions, a police officer of the lowest rank.

    "The local constable patrolled the village streets every evening to ensure public order."
  2. 2

    Historically, a high-ranking officer entrusted with the command of a royal castle or fortified town.

    "The medieval castle was defended fiercely under the orders of the royal constable."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin word 'comes stabuli', meaning 'count of the stable'. Entering Middle English via Old French in the 13th century, the term originally designated a high-ranking royal officer in charge of a royal household or castle before evolving into a title for local law enforcement officers.

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