Definition of "constabulary"

constabulary

/kənˈstæbjʊləɹi/

adjective
not comparable
1. Of or relating to constables.
2. Characteristic of police; police-like, rather than military.
noun
countable and uncountable, plural constabularies
1. A police force.
2. The police in a particular district or area.
  Quotations
  […] the wretched creature went to the police for help; she was versed in the law, and had perhaps spared no pains to keep on good terms with the local constabulary.
  1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company