gendarmerie

or gen·dar·mer·y

[ zhahn-dahr-muh-ree; French zhahn-dar-muh-ree ]
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noun
  1. gendarmes collectively; a body of gendarmes.

Origin of gendarmerie

1
From French, dating back to 1545–55; see origin at gendarme, -ery

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How to use gendarmerie in a sentence

  • Telegrams had been despatched, the gendarmerie had been informed, and the British Vice-consul had been interviewed.

    Sinister Street, vol. 1 | Compton Mackenzie
  • A party of soldiers were at the gateway, and a gendarmerie officer stood near.

    The Cornet of Horse | G. A. Henty
  • Beside 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

gendarmerie

gendarmery

/ (ʒɒnˈdɑːmərɪ, French ʒɑ̃darməri) /


noun
  1. the whole corps of gendarmes

  2. the headquarters or barracks of a body of gendarmes

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