gendarmerie
/ʒɒnˈdɑːməri
/ /ʒɑ̃daʀm(ə)ʀi/noun
1A force of gendarmes.Criminals are usually delivered to the police or the gendarmerie, a military police with a reputation of an uncorrupted elite force....
- We need to bring in the international community, like international police, gendarmerie, carabinieri, to help us.
- The legal and judicial systems of Martinique are those of France, as are the police force and gendarmerie.
1.1The headquarters of a force of gendarmes.
Origin
Mid 16th century: French (see gendarme).
Rhymes
- prayer nut
- Prayer of Manasses
- prayer oil
- prayer plant
- prayer ring
- prayer rug
- prayer saying
- prayer scarf
- prayer shawl
- prayer stick
- prayer stool
- prayer thong
- prayer tower
- prayer-value
- prayer wall
- prayer wheel
- prayerwise
- praying band
- praying carpet
- praying desk
- praying Indian
- praying locust
- praying machine
- praying mantid
- praying mantis