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Meanings of high constable in English

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Usage of high constable in English
1
The high constable arrived immediately, with many men, and he separated us.
The White Knight: Tirant Lo Blanc
2
I am the nephew of the lord high constable of England.
The Scottish Chiefs
3
Her father was the Chevalier Honore des Granches, high constable of St Malo.
The Mariner of St. Malo : A chronicle of the voyages of Jacques ...
4
Origin of the hundred; the hundred court; the high constable
Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Refer...
5
The constable assisted the Justice of the Peace, the high constable, and the Sheriff.
Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III
6
There was a high constable in each hundred and a petty constable in each parish.
Our Legal Heritage: The First Thousand Years: 600 - 1600 / King ...
7
We were going to kill him ourselves, if he tried to approach the high constable.
The Queen of Bedlam
8
The high constable and his wife would make short work of even such a large amount.
Mister Slaughter
9
She was daughter of the high constable of Naples, and married to the Marquis of Pescara.
Handbook of Universal Literature, From the Best and Latest Autho...
10
Matthew glared holes through the high constable.
Mister Slaughter
11
He had been, during Edward IV's reign, a commissioner for executing the office of lord high constable.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08 / The Later Ren...
12
To be made high constable of France, it was said would melt the resolve of the stiff Huguenot.
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the ...
13
The patent of high constable, granted to Earl Rivers by Edward IV., proves the nature of the office.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol. I., Part D. / From...
14
Something for him as high constable?
Mister Slaughter
15
The master-at-arms is a sort of high constable and school-master, wearing citizen's clothes, and known by his official rattan.
White Jacket; Or, The World on a Man-of-War
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Lillehorne commanded, but even the voice of a high constable was not enough to douse the fires of this growing conflagration.
Mister Slaughter
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