constabulary
constabulary
[kənˈstabjʊləri]
(pl. -ies)
[kənˈstabjʊləri]
(pl. -ies)
- (chiefly Brit.)a police force covering a particular area or city
(主英)（某地区或城市的）警察；警察部队
the Royal Irish Constabulary.
爱尔兰皇家警察部队。
- late 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 (see constable)
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