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catchpole
 
SYLLABICATION:catch·pole
PRONUNCIATION:  kchpl, kch-
VARIANT FORMS: also catch·poll
NOUN: A sheriff's officer, especially one who arrests debtors.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English cacchepol, from Norman French cachepol, probably from Old French chacepol : chacier, to chase; see chase1 + poul, rooster (from Latin pullus, chicken; see pau- in Appendix I).
 
 
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