Gendarmery (Noun)
Meaning
French police force; a group of gendarmes or gendarmes collectively.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The gendarmery was mobilized to control the crowd during the riot.
- As a military unit, the gendarmery plays an important role in maintaining public order.
- The helicopter squadrons of the French gendarmery were deployed to search for the escapees in the mountains.
- Established in 1791, the Gendarmerie Nationale is one of the oldest gendarmery forces in the world.
- With its unique dual role as a police and military force, the French gendarmery has a distinct identity within the country's law enforcement agencies.