noun
the head of the police force in a county (or similar area)
• Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain
• Hypernyms: ↑captain, ↑police captain, ↑police chief
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Brit.
chief of police.
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Chief Constable noun
(in UK) an officer commanding the police force in an administrative area
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Main Entry: ↑chief
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a senior officer who is in charge of the police in a particular district of the UK
Thesaurus: police officershyponym
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chief constable,
a police chief of a county or an equivalent district, in Great Britain.
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noun, pl ⋯ -stables [count]
Brit : a police officer who is in charge of a police force
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(in Britain) a senior police officer who is in charge of the police force in a particular area
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Chief Constable Brian Turner
Useful english dictionary. 2012.