constabulary

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to constables.
2. (not-comparable) Characteristic of police; police-like, rather than military.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A police force.
2. (countable, uncountable) The police in a particular district or area.

Synonyms

police

👮

police force

law

gendarmerie

guard

💂

police department

policeman

👮‍♂️

police officer

👮

polis

police service

crew

popo

flatfoot

gendarme

Translations

police

👮

αστυνομία

policía

Polizeitruppe

guardia

polícias

jandarma

politiemacht

polizia

polícia

👮

Polizei

👮

policier

👮

pessoal

Gendarmerie

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kənˈstæbjʊləɹi/

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’.