gendarmerie
or gen·dar·mer·y
[zhahn-dahr-muh-ree; French zhahn-dar-muh-ree]
Origin of gendarmerie
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Examples from the Web for gendarmerie
Contemporary Examples
The SS, German gendarmerie, and Gestapo were all stationed in its vicinity.
The Week in Death: Irving Milchberg, the Teenage Gunrunner of the Warsaw GhettoThe Telegraph
March 1, 2014
The 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.
Historical Examples
I could, for instance, send a messenger with a word to the brigadier of the gendarmerie in Senlac.
A Set of SixJoseph Conrad
I have cited the officer of the gendarmerie, the accused, and the wife of the accused.
Woman on Her Own, False Gods & The Red RobeEugne Brieux
The Gendarmerie of the Seine, with their trumpets and Colonel.
The Second Funeral of NapoleonWilliam Makepeace Thackeray (AKA "Michael Angelo Titmarch")
At its gates we were met, of course, by the Austrian gendarmerie.
Pilgrimage from the Alps to the TiberJames Aitken Wylie
In May he applied for employment with the Macedonian Gendarmerie.
The War in the Air; Vol. 1Walter Raleigh.
gendarmerie
gendarmery
- the whole corps of gendarmes
- the headquarters or barracks of a body of gendarmes
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