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Catchpole logo #10101) Bailiff 2) English surname
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Catchpole

Catchpole logo #21000 Catchpole is a rare surname, being a type of tax collector in medieval England. The name is a combination of Old English (cace-, catch) and medieval Latin (pullus, a chick). It derives from the image that people who owed tax were as difficult to catch as farmyard hens. At that time, tax-gathering was contracted out, a system called tax farming. Th...
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catchpole logo #22641constable; sheriff's officer
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Catchpole

Catchpole logo #21212A name formerly given to a sheriff's deputy, or to a constable, or other officer whose duty it is to arrest persons. He was a sort of serjeant. The word is not now in use as an official designation.
Found on http://www.lectlaw.com/def/c215.htm

Catchpole

Catchpole logo #20490Operational code name for the US assault on the Marshall Islands, 1944
Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20490
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