English Explanatory Dictionary

constabulary

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or relating to constables.
  2. Characteristic of police; police-like, rather than military.
noun
  1. A police force.
  2. The police in a particular district or area.

Pronunciation

/kənˈstæbjʊləɹi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-constabulary.wav

Word forms

constabulary constabularies

Etymology

From mediaeval Latin conestabularia, a noun use of the feminine version of conestabularius, from Latin constabulus, from comes stabuli, literally ‘master of the stables’.

Synonyms

constabular
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