Word Meanings - CONSTABLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

sense 1), OF. conestable, F. conn, LL. conestabulus, constabularius, comes stabuli, orig., count of the stable, master of the horse, equerry; comes ount + L. stabulum stable. See Count a 1. A high officer in the monarhical establishments of the

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sense 1), OF. conestable, F. conn, LL. conestabulus, constabularius, comes stabuli, orig., count of the stable, master of the horse, equerry; comes ount + L. stabulum stable. See Count a 1. A high officer in the monarhical establishments of the Middle Ages. Note: The constable of France was the first officer of the crown, and had the chief ommand of the army. It was also his duty to regulate all matters of chivalry. The office was suppressed in 1627. The constable, or lord high constable, of England, was one of the highest officers of the crown, commander in chief of the forces, and keeper of the peace of the nation. He also judicial cognizance of many important matters. The office was as early as the Conquest, but has been disused , since the attainder of Stafford, duke of Buckingham, in the reign of Henry

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• COUNTERACTIVE
  Tending to counteract.
• HORSE-LEECHERY
  The business of a farrier; especially, the art of curing the diseases of horses.
• COUNTERFLEURY
  Counterflory.
• COUNTERVIEW
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• SENSE
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• COUNTER WEIGHT
  A counterpoise.
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• COUNTERJUMPER
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• COUNTER BRACE
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• COUNTERIRRITANT; COUNTERIRRITATION
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• MASTERSHIP
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