Constabnlarins

Constabularius, l. Lat. A master of the horse; a commander of horse or foot; a naval commander; an officer assigned to guard or keep a place, as a castle or town; an officer whose military duties were connected with, or exercised in subservience to, the preservation of the public peace, — hence, the military character being dropped, the office of the modern constable. Constabularius castri de Dover, et cinque portuum: constable of Dover castle and of the Cinque Ports. Other forms of the word are constabulus, conestabularius, conestabulus, conestablius, conostabilus, contostabulus, etc.