rurales
Americanplural noun
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a mounted rural police force of Mexico, active during the latter half of the 19th century and into the early 20th century.
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a volunteer military reserve force of Mexico, established in 1926.
Etymology
Origin of rurales
First recorded in 1875–80; from Spanish: literally, “rural (ones)”; see rural ( def. )
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The officer consulted a few moments with the rurales who had brought Bio in, and then gave his decision.
From The Coast of Adventure by Harold Bindloss
The rurales were only too eager for the credit of capturing him and taking him to headquarters.
From The Coast of Adventure by Harold Bindloss
During all the questions of the rurales he had maintained a sullen silence; but now he was forced to speak.
From The Coast of Adventure by Harold Bindloss
He was a representative of that large class of rurales upon whom the heaviest burdens, the greatest suffering, and the most poignant sorrow attending a political revolution always fall.
From Carmen Ariza by Charles Francis Stocking
The sound grew louder; there was a hoarse shout like a sentry's challenge, and an answer which Walthew imagined satisfied the rurales on guard; and then a mounted man rode into the stream of light.
From The Coast of Adventure by Harold Bindloss
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