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gendarmerie

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gen·dar·me·rie  (zhän-därm-r, zhä-där-m-r)
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.]
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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Noun1.gendarmerie - French police force; a group of gendarmes or gendarmes collectively
gendarmery
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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The honorable functionary had scarcely expressed himself thus, in that intonation which is peculiar to brigadiers of the gendarmerie, when a loud scream, accompanied by the violent ringing of a bell, resounded through the court of the hotel.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
They dived into bushes and thick grass like defeated men pursued; and the great cocked hats of the mounted gendarmerie were seen passing along above the broken hedge.
The Wisdom Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
He boldly subscribed to an opposition newspaper, wore a gray hat with a broad brim, red bands on his blue trousers, a blue waistcoat with gilt buttons, and a surtout coat crossed over the breast like that of a quartermaster of gendarmerie.
Bureaucracy by de Balzac, Honore View in context
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