gendarme

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Police outriders from the City of London Police and from France’s Gendarme Nationale were also there to escort them.

From BBC • Sep. 21, 2024

There are three of these, the Monologue Coquillart, the Monologue du Puys, and the Monologue du Gendarme Cassé.

From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George

"I'm quite agreeable to that," said Gendarme Pierre.

From Robert Tournay A Romance of the French Revolution by Sage, William

Gendarme, jang-darm′, n. originally a mounted lancer, but since the Revolution one of a corps of military police, divided into legions and companies:—pl.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

The Marquis's voice having risen in a towering fury, it was impossible to say any more to him, and the Gendarme of the Guard, with a smile, rose and bowed himself out.

From The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette by Lighthall, W. D. (William Douw)