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constabularies

constabularies is the plural of constabulary.

constabularies is the plural of constabularie.

Meaning of constabulary

Noun

constabulary (countable and uncountable, plural constabularies)

  1. A police force.
  2. The police in a particular district or area.
    • […] 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

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Questions about constabularies

What is constabularies the plural of?
Constabularies is the plural of constabulary.

Words near constabularies in the dictionary

  1. constablewicks
  2. constabling
  3. constabs
  4. constabular
  5. constabularie
  6. constabularies
  7. constabulary
  8. constabulatories
  9. constabulatory
  10. constacyclic
  11. constaff

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