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GENDARMERY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gendarmery mean?
• GENDARMERY (noun)
The noun GENDARMERY has 1 sense:
1. French police force; a group of gendarmes or gendarmes collectively
Familiarity information: GENDARMERY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
French police force; a group of gendarmes or gendarmes collectively
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
gendarmerie; gendarmery
Hypernyms ("gendarmery" is a kind of...):
constabulary; law; police; police force (the force of policemen and officers)
Meronyms (members of "gendarmery"):
gendarme (a French policeman)
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