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constabulary

cons·ta·bu·lary

UK/kənˈstæbjʊləɹi/ US/kʌˈnstæbjʌˌlɛri/ uncommon

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the force of policemen and officers

  • “the law came looking for him”
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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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