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gendarmerieor gen·dar·mer·y [ zhahn-dahr-muh-ree; French zhahn-dar-muh-ree ] / ʒɑnˈdɑr mə ri; French ʒɑ̃ dar məˈri / SEE SYNONYMS FOR gendarmerie ON THESAURUS.COM
noungendarmes collectively; a body of gendarmes. Origin of gendarmerieFrom French, dating back to 1545–55; see origin at gendarme, -ery Words nearby gendarmeriegenal gland, genappe, genappe yarn, Genck, gendarme, gendarmerie, gender, gender bender, gender binary, gender-blind, gender-diverse Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for gendarmerieThe 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|DAILY BEAST The boss-nappers gave way when riot cops from the French gendarmerie moved into the building to get them out. The French Boss-Nappers’ Last Stand|Christopher Dickey|January 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST 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|DAILY BEAST The law, the gendarmerie, and the police constitute a body almost equal in number; is not that strange? Scenes from a Courtesan's Life|Honore de Balzac
He was a steamship agent, thus disguised to escape the attention of the gendarmerie. Charities and the Commons: The Pittsburgh Survey, Part I: The People|Various A commander of the gendarmerie mounts the hillside on his bicycle, pedalling with all his strength. 'Neath Verdun, August-October, 1914|Maurice Genevoix The gendarmerie of Tsarism throttled the workers who were fighting for the Socialist order. Dictatorship vs. Democracy|Leon Trotsky The brigands became thoroughly disheartened, and we hear of no more desperate encounters with the gendarmerie. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia|Thomas Forester
British Dictionary definitions for gendarmerie/ (ʒɒnˈdɑːmərɪ, French ʒɑ̃darməri) /
nounthe whole corps of gendarmes the headquarters or barracks of a body of gendarmes Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to gendarmerieconstabulary |