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gendarmerie

[zhahn-dahr-muh-ree, zhahn-dar-muh-ree] / ʒɑnˈdɑr mə ri, ʒɑ̃ dar məˈri /
NOUN
military police
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Stating the country "no longer needs disturbances", his first appointments to his new cabinet were to the ministries of the armed forces, public security and the gendarmerie.

From Barron's • Oct. 9, 2025

Bertrand Cavallier, the former commander of France’s national gendarmerie training school, said French law enforcement should not be judged by the actions of one officer.

From Washington Times • Jul. 1, 2023

Mr Koçer insists that he was meticulous in his work and interviewed all sides, from survivors to the police, the gendarmerie and rescue workers.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2023

On top of 1,150 teams from the country’s disaster management agency, the gendarmerie, police and military rescue teams were also deployed.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 6, 2023

CUIRASSIERS, a kind of heavy cavalry, originally developed out of the men-at-arms or gendarmerie forming the heavy cavalry of feudal armies.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various