Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chief constable

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.77 in modern English

Syllables: chief -con-sta-ble
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The chief of police of most territorial UK police forces, except the Metropolitan Police and City of London Police.

British usage

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

chief constables (plural)

Questions

What does chief constable mean?: The chief of police of most territorial UK police forces, except the Metropolitan Police and City of London Police.

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