Home › Words › C › constabularyconstabulary/kənˈstæbjʊləɹi/constabulary means of or relating to constables.constabulary is pronounced /kənˈstæbjʊləɹi/.EtymologyFrom mediaeval Latin conestabularia, a noun use of the feminine version of conestabularius, from Latin constabulus, from comes stabuli, literally ‘master of the stables’.adjOf or relating to constables.Characteristic of police; police-like, rather than military.e.g.“Constabulary missions are different from fighting wars.”nounA police force.The police in a particular district or area.e.g.“[…] the wretched creature went to the police for help; she was versed in the law, and perhaps had spared no pains to keep on good terms with the local constabulary.” — 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XLIV, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, page 361:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.constabulatory 91% match — A constabulary. vs constabulary →constab 85% match — A police officer. vs constabulary →constable 71% match — One holding the lowest rank in most Commonwealth police forces. (See also chief constable.) vs constabulary →constableship 70% match — The office or rank of a constable vs constabulary →constabless 64% match — The wife of a constable. vs constabulary →subconstable 64% match — A lesser or subsidiary constable. vs constabulary →underconstable 62% match — A lower or subordinate constable. vs constabulary →custodiary 59% match — A custodian. vs constabulary →