GENDARMERY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

French police force; a group of gendarmes or gendarmes collectively

Synonyms:

gendarmerie; gendarmery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("gendarmery" is a kind of...):

constabulary; law; police; police force (the force of policemen and officers)

Meronyms (members of "gendarmery"):

gendarme (a French policeman)

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