adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to constables.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
constabulary
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/kənˈstæbjʊləɹi/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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CMU ARPABET: K AH0 N S T AE1 B Y AH0 L EH2 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Characteristic of police; police-like, rather than military.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- Constabulary missions are different from fighting wars.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A police force.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
The police in a particular district or area.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
the force of policemen and officers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the law came looking for him
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: police, police force, law
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: force, personnel, law enforcement agency
Narrower terms: Europol, European Law Enforcement Organisation, gendarmerie, gendarmery, Mutawa'een, Mutawa, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, RCMP, Mounties, Scotland Yard, New Scotland Yard, secret police, Schutzstaffel, SS, posse, posse comitatus
History
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’.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: полиция (policija) — police force
- Czech: policejní sbor — police force
- Dutch: politiemacht — police force
- French: gendarmerie — police force
- Greek: χωροφυλακή (chorofylakí) — police force
- Latin: vigilia — police force
- Russian: полицейские силы (policejskije sily) — police force
- Spanish: policía — police force
- Spanish: fuerza pública — police force