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gendarmery

gendarmery is the alternative spelling 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 gendarmery

What is gendarmery the alternative spelling of?
Gendarmery is the alternative spelling of gendarmerie.

Words near gendarmery in the dictionary

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

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