Added 9 October 2026
constabulary
/kənˈstæbjʊləɹi/ adjective
In Latin: vigilia Wiktionary
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- Of or relating to constables.
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Characteristic of police; police-like, rather than military.
Constabulary missions are different from fighting wars.
noun
Origin
From mediaeval Latin conestabularia, a noun use of the feminine version of conestabularius, from Latin constabulus, from comes stabuli, literally ‘master of the stables’.
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