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gendarmeries

gendarmeries is the plural of gendarmerie.

Meaning of gendarmerie

Noun

gendarmerie (plural gendarmeries)

  1. A military body charged with police duties among the civilian population.
    • We must defend it till the Gendarmerie turn out. Keep after me.1908, G[ilbert] K[eith] Chesterton, The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare, Bristol: J[ames] W[illiams] Arrowsmith, […]; London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Company, →OCLC, page 259

Questions about gendarmeries

What is gendarmeries the plural of?
Gendarmeries is the plural of gendarmerie.

Words near gendarmeries in the dictionary

  1. Gendall
  2. gendang
  3. gendangs
  4. gendarme
  5. gendarmerie
  6. gendarmeries
  7. gendarmery
  8. gendarmes
  9. gendarmish
  10. gendarussa
  11. Gende

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