GENDARMERIE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gendarmerie mean? 

• GENDARMERIE (noun)
  The noun GENDARMERIE has 1 sense:

1. French police force; a group of gendarmes or gendarmes collectively

  Familiarity information: GENDARMERIE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENDARMERIE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

French police force; a group of gendarmes or gendarmes collectively

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

gendarmerie; gendarmery

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

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

Meronyms (members of "gendarmerie"):

gendarme (a French policeman)