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Noun: gendarmerie  zhón'daa(r)-mu-ree
  1. French police force; a group of gendarmes or gendarmes collectively
    "The gendarmerie patrolled the rural areas";
    - gendarmery

Derived forms: gendarmeries

Type of: Bill [Brit, informal], boys in blue [informal], constabulary, fuzz [informal], law, Old Bill [Brit, informal], police, police force, polis [UK, dialect, informal], the fuzz [informal]

Encyclopedia: Gendarmerie