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gendarmery, ‖ gendarmerie|dʒɛnˈdɑːmərɪ, ʒɑ̃darməri|
Also gens darmery, gens d'armerie.
[a. F. gendarmerie (f. gendarme gendarme), first recorded in the 16th cent. The forms with gens are not recognized in French dictionaries.]
1. Hist. A corps or squadron of cavalry, esp. in the old French army, or of certain forces raised in England in the reign of Edward VI.
1551Edw. VI Jrnl. 5 May in Lit. Rem. (Roxb.) II. 317 The muster of the gendarmery apointed to be the first of June, if it were possible; if not, the 8. 1630R. Johnson's Kingd. & Commw. 144 His Forces, as well horse as foot, of which this Country [France]..vaunteth..to be the best and greatest Gens d'armerie of any Realme. a1656Ussher Ann. (1658) 35 Abner, who was formerly the chief of Sauls gendarmery. 1702Lond. Gaz. No. 3836/2 The Enemy had there all their Gendarmerie. 1756Hume Hist. Eng. (1761) II. xxxvii. 311 Some troops of French and Scotch gens-darmery. 1823Lingard Hist. Eng. VI. 107 Their gendarmerie..was broken by a strong body of Spanish musqueteers. 1860Froude Hist. Eng. V. 347 The economy which had been attempted in the household had been more than defeated by the cost of the gendarmerie, as the force was called.
fig.a1670Hacket Abp. Williams ii. §99 (1693) 102 Had the Gensdarmery of our great Writers no other Enemy to fight with?
2. a. A body of soldiers, mounted or unmounted, employed as police, esp. in France.
1792–6Hel. M. Williams Lett. France IV. iv. (Jod.) Among the troops of the Convention were several of the gendarmerie. 1825Scott Fam. Lett. 25 Aug., A very strict police, which reminds me more of the Gens-d'armerie of France than any other institution. 1866Daily Tel. 5 Feb. 5/3 That useful body, the gendarmery, could..be retained at the infantry barracks. 1894D. C. Murray Making of Novelist 144 Waiting for the formation of the Turkish gendarmerie under Colonel Valentine Baker.
b. The head-quarters of the gendarmes; the police-station.
1945G. Millar Maquis vi. 131 We left our bicycles in the cabbage patch behind the Gendarmerie. 1955J. Thomas No Banners ix. 78 Well, try the Gendarmerie. They've got cells there. Ibid. xx. 191 Patrice was a British officer who had the bad luck to land by parachute on the roof of a gendarmerie. 1967G. M. Wilson Cake for Caroline v. 61 Ring the gendarmerie... Ask somebody to meet me up there.
3. attrib., as gendarmery barracks, gendarmery battalion, gendarmery officer, gendarmery station.
1881Daily News 14 Nov. 4/6 Our Correspondent in Constantinople telegraphs that it appears to be decided to dispense with the service of the gendarmery officers. 1893Ibid. 16 Nov. 4/5 A bomb was exploded..outside the gendarmery barracks. 1897Ibid. 14 May 5/4 A gendarmery battalion is to be formed, partly from Macedonians, partly from Thessaly. 1897Ibid. 2 Oct. 2/3 There is no military post proper at Haffir, but it is one of the gendarmerie stations. |