gendarmerien.
/ʒɒnˈdɑːməri/ 1. Historical. 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.
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society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > [noun] > regiment > division of cavalry regiment
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1551 King Edward VI Jrnl. in Lit. Remains (1857) II. 317 The muster of the gendarmery apointed to be the first of June, if it were possible; if not, the 8.
1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 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.
a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) 35 Abner, who was formerly the chief of Sauls gendarmery.
1702 London Gaz. No. 3836/2 The Enemy had there all their Gendarmerie.
1756 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (1761) II. xxxvii. 311 Some troops of French and Scotch gens-darmery.
1823 J. Lingard Hist. Eng. VI. 107 Their gendarmerie..was broken by a strong body of Spanish musqueteers.
1860 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) 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.
2.
a. A body of soldiers, mounted or unmounted, employed as police, esp. in France.
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society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > police forces in specific countries or regions
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Arab Legion1923
Garda Síochána1923
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1792–6 H. M. Williams Lett. France IV. iv Among the troops of the Convention were several of the gendarmerie.
1825 W. Scott Let. 25 Aug. (1935) IX. 210 A very strict police which reminds me more of the Gensdarmerie of France than any other institution.
1866 Daily Tel. 5 Feb. 5/3 That useful body, the gendarmery, could..be retained at the infantry barracks.
1894 D. 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.
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society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > police office or station > foreign
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1945 G. Millar Maquis vi. 131 We left our bicycles in the cabbage patch behind the Gendarmerie.
1955 J. Thomas No Banners ix. 78 Well, try the Gendarmerie. They've got cells there.
1955 J. Thomas No Banners xx. 191 Patrice was a British officer who had the bad luck to land by parachute on the roof of a gendarmerie.
1967 G. M. Wilson Cake for Caroline v. 61 Ring the gendarmerie... Ask somebody to meet me up there.
3. attributive, as gendarmerie barracks, gendarmerie battalion, gendarmerie officer, gendarmerie station.
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1881 Daily 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.
1893 Daily News 16 Nov. 4/5 A bomb was exploded..outside the gendarmery barracks.
1897 Daily News 14 May 5/4 A gendarmery battalion is to be formed, partly from Macedonians, partly from Thessaly.
1897 Daily News 2 Oct. 2/3 There is no military post proper at Haffir, but it is one of the gendarmerie stations.
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