gendarmerie
noun
gen·dar·mer·ie
zhän-ˈdär-mə-rē 
jän-
variants
or gendarmery
plural gendarmeries
: a body of gendarmes
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With State Premier Baum away on vacation, Frick had sought to lay the groundwork for Hitler’s naturalization by appointing him gendarmerie commissioner in the town of Hildburghausen, while at the same time releasing him from all duties as a civil servant.
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Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025
On Monday, a faction of the paramilitary gendarmerie supporting the protests also took control of the gendarmerie at a formal ceremony in the presence of senior government officials, a Reuters witness said.
—CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2025
The Paris prosecutor's office in a statement Friday announced the opening of the investigation and said that a branch of the French gendarmerie is conducting the inquiry.
—arkansasonline.com, 12 July 2025
The gendarmerie eventually became the Forces Armées d’Haiti or FADH.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
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Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025
On Monday, a faction of the paramilitary gendarmerie supporting the protests also took control of the gendarmerie at a formal ceremony in the presence of senior government officials, a Reuters witness said.
—CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2025
The Paris prosecutor's office in a statement Friday announced the opening of the investigation and said that a branch of the French gendarmerie is conducting the inquiry.
—arkansasonline.com, 12 July 2025
The gendarmerie eventually became the Forces Armées d’Haiti or FADH.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for gendarmerie
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“Gendarmerie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gendarmerie. Accessed 4 Dec. 2025.
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