Synonyms for gendarmerie


Grammar : Noun
Spell : zhahn-dahr-muh-ree; French zhahn-dar-muh-ree
Phonetic Transcription : ʒɑnˈdɑr mə ri; French ʒɑ̃ dar məˈri


Définition of gendarmerie

  • As in military police : noun military corps enforcing rules
Example sentences :
  • I could, for instance, send a messenger with a word to the brigadier of the gendarmerie in Senlac.
  • Extract from : « A Set of Six » by Joseph Conrad
  • I have cited the officer of the gendarmerie, the accused, and the wife of the accused.
  • Extract from : « Woman on Her Own, False Gods & The Red Robe » by Eugne Brieux
  • The Gendarmerie of the Seine, with their trumpets and Colonel.
  • Extract from : « The Second Funeral of Napoleon » by William Makepeace Thackeray (AKA "Michael Angelo Titmarch")
  • At its gates we were met, of course, by the Austrian gendarmerie.
  • Extract from : « Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber » by James Aitken Wylie
  • In May he applied for employment with the Macedonian Gendarmerie.
  • Extract from : « The War in the Air; Vol. 1 » by Walter Raleigh.
  • Permit me to hold to my first idea of waiting for the gendarmerie.
  • Extract from : « The King of the Mountains » by Edmond About
  • I hold, for your inspection, the list of our officers of the gendarmerie.
  • Extract from : « The King of the Mountains » by Edmond About
  • "I will telephone the good news to the gendarmerie," murmured the concierge.
  • Extract from : « Angel Unawares » by C. N. Williamson
  • The captain of the gendarmerie will take care to do nothing.
  • Extract from : « The Red and the Black » by Stendhal
  • "Paolo Tomassi, a brigadier in the gendarmerie," replied Bruno.
  • Extract from : « The Sicilian Bandit » by Alexandre Dumas, pere

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