CONSTABULARY


Meaning of CONSTABULARY in English

[ kən'stabjʊləri ]

■ noun ( plural constabularies ) chiefly Brit. a police force.

Origin

C15: from med. L. constabularia (dignitas) '(rank) of constable', from constabulus , based on L. comes stabuli (see constable ).

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