gendarmerie
or gen·dar·mer·y
Origin of gendarmerie
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How to use gendarmerie in a sentence
The SS, German gendarmerie, and Gestapo were all stationed in its vicinity.
The Week in Death: Irving Milchberg, the Teenage Gunrunner of the Warsaw Ghetto | The Telegraph | March 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe boss-nappers gave way when riot cops from the French gendarmerie moved into the building to get them out.
They were reassured once the police and medics arrived and the hikers and Briton were taken to the gendarmerie for questioning.
Hiker Recounts Grisly Murder Scene in French Alps | The Telegraph | September 12, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe gendarmerie had been reinforced and were now estimated at 700 without machine guns or artillery.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 | Ian HamiltonOne to kill the Turkish Agha of Chal, and the other to kill the man who killed my brother, and who is now in your gendarmerie!
The Cradle of Mankind | W.A. Wigram
Telegrams had been despatched, the gendarmerie had been informed, and the British Vice-consul had been interviewed.
Sinister Street, vol. 1 | Compton MackenzieA party of soldiers were at the gateway, and a gendarmerie officer stood near.
The Cornet of Horse | G. A. HentyBeside the mairie a medieval square tower, which may have been a donjon, was occupied on the ground floor by the gendarmerie.
Riviera Towns | Herbert Adams Gibbons
British Dictionary definitions for gendarmerie
gendarmery
/ (ʒɒnˈdɑːmərɪ, French ʒɑ̃darməri) /
the whole corps of gendarmes
the headquarters or barracks of a body of gendarmes
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