constabulary
noun🔊/kənˈstæbjələri/
🔊/kənˈstæbjəleri/
[countable + singular or plural verb] (plural constabularies)
- (in the UK)
the police force of a particular area or town （英国某地区或城镇的）警察部队 Word Originlate 15th cent. (denoting the district under the charge of a constable): from medieval Latin constabularia (dignitas) ‘(rank) of constable’, from constabulus, based on Latin comes stabuli ‘count (head officer) of the stable’.