POLICE CONSTABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does police constable mean? 

• POLICE CONSTABLE (noun)
  The noun POLICE CONSTABLE has 1 sense:

1. a police officer of the lowest rank

  Familiarity information: POLICE CONSTABLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POLICE CONSTABLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A police officer of the lowest rank

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

constable; police constable

Hypernyms ("police constable" is a kind of...):

officer; police officer; policeman (a member of a police force)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

 Context examples 

Her haste attracted the attention of the police constable.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)