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gendarmerie Definition


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gendarme
noun
    1. A member of an armed police force in France and other French-speaking countries.
Derivative: gendarmerie
    An armed police force in France, etc.
    A police station or barracks in France, etc.
Etymology: 18c; 16c in historical sense ‘a mounted soldier': French, from gens d'armes armed people.



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