Meaning

1 senses
  1. A military body charged with police duties among the civilian population.

    Gendarmerie

    жандарме́рияžandarmérija

    жандарме́ріяžandarmérija

More definitions
  • French police force; a group of gendarmes or gendarmes collectively

Examples

5 sentences
  1. The mobile guard serves in mobile gendarmerie squadrons, specializing in public order maintenance.

  2. The gendarme trainee undergoes initial training at the gendarmerie school before being assigned to a brigade.

  3. The maréchal des logis is a traditional rank among gendarmerie non-commissioned officers, inherited from military heritage.

  4. The gendarmerie? Then we'll do as you say.

  5. Get out of here or I'll call the gendarmerie.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
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military body charged with police duties:
Русский
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military body charged with police duties:
Deutsch
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military body charged with police duties:

Origin

Borrowed from French gendarmerie.

Borrowed from French gendarmerie.

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Forms

plural: gendarmeries

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • French police force; a group of gendarmes or gendarmes collectively:gendarmery

Word family

1 related words
Relatedgendarme

See also

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