gendarmerie
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gen·dar·me·rie
(zhän-där′mə-rē, zhäN-där-mə-rē′)n.
1. A body of French gendarmes.
2. Slang A group of police officers.
[French, from Old French, calvary, from gent d'armes, gendarme, mounted soldier; see gendarme.]
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gendarmerie
(ʒɒnˈdɑːmərɪ; French ʒɑ̃darməri) orgendarmery
n
1. (Military) the whole corps of gendarmes
2. (Military) the headquarters or barracks of a body of gendarmes
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gen•dar•me•rie
(ʒɑnˈdɑr mə ri; Fr. ʒɑ̃ dar məˈri)also gen•dar′mer•y,
n., pl. -me•ries also -mer•ies.
gendarmes collectively; a body of gendarmes.
[1545–55; < French]
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Gendarmery, Gendarmerie
a corps or squadron of cavalry in England in the reign of Edward VI; a body of soldiers employed as police, as in France.Examples: the gendarmery of our great writers, 1670.
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Noun | 1. | gendarmerie - French police force; a group of gendarmes or gendarmes collectively constabulary, police, police force, law - the force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking for him" gendarme - a French policeman |
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