Gendarmerie (Noun)
Meaning
French police force; a group of gendarmes or gendarmes collectively.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The gendarmerie was deployed to maintain order during the protests in Paris.
- A unit of the French gendarmerie specializes in crowd control and riot dispersal.
- The village was protected by a small detachment of gendarmerie based at the local barracks.
- France's rural gendarmerie has been keeping the peace for centuries in isolated areas.
- In this predominantly rural region, the gendarmerie plays a key role in maintaining public safety.