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View synonyms for gendarmerie

gendarmerie

Or gen·dar·mer·y

[zhahn-dahr-muh-ree, zhahn-dar-muh-ree]

noun

  1. gendarmes collectively; a body of gendarmes.



gendarmerie

/ ʒɒnˈdɑːmərɪ, ʒɑ̃darməri /

noun

  1. the whole corps of gendarmes

  2. the headquarters or barracks of a body of gendarmes

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Word History and Origins

Origin of gendarmerie1

From French, dating back to 1545–55; gendarme, -ery
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Example Sentences

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It would be overseen by a committee of officers from the army, gendarmerie and police.

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Meeting one of the demands of the protesters, the Senate announced Sunday the dismissal of its president, Richard Ravalomanana, a former general of the gendarmerie paramilitary police.

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"We're receiving troubling reports of continued violence against protesters by the gendarmerie," the UN's human rights office said in a post on social media Friday.

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Stating the country "no longer needs disturbances", his first appointments to his new cabinet were to the ministries of the armed forces, public security and the gendarmerie.

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According to the Irish Times, Winston Churchill demanded a “picked force of white gendarmerie” be deployed in Palestine after facing unrest in 1921.

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