Meaning & use
constabulary
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A police force, especially one organized for a particular district or country.
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The county constabulary responded within minutes of the alarm being raised.
He served thirty years in the local constabulary before retiring as chief inspector.
A note on using this word
Chiefly British usage; 'constable', the root, comes from a medieval title for an officer in charge of a household or garrison.
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