Gendarmerie
//ˈʒɑn.dɑɹ.mə.ɹi// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A military body charged with police duties among the civilian population.
"We must defend it till the Gendarmerie turn out. Keep after me."
- 2 French police force; a group of gendarmes or gendarmes collectively wordnet
Example
More examples"The Black Spring in 2001 was a very large event. One hundred and twenty-six Kabyle demonstrators were killed by the Algerian gendarmerie, and nearly 5000 others were wounded."
Etymology
From French gendarmerie.
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