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catch⋅pole

  [kach-pohl]
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–noun
(formerly) a petty officer of justice, esp. one arresting persons for debt.
Also, catchpoll.

Origin:
bef. 1050; ME cacchepol, late OE cæcephol < ML cacepollus tax-gatherer, lit., chase-fowl, equiv. to cace- (< ONF; see catch ) + pollus < L pullus chick; see pullet

Related forms:
catch⋅pol⋅er⋅y, catch⋅poll⋅er⋅y, noun
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catch·pole also catch·poll   (kāch'pōl', kěch'-)   
n.  A sheriff's officer, especially one who arrests debtors.

[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-1 in Indo-European roots).]
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Word Origin & History

catchpoll 
O.E. *kæcepol, O.N.Fr. cachepol (O.Fr. chacepol), from M.L. cacepollus "a tax gatherer," lit. "chase-fowl."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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