gendarmery

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

gendarmery
    n 1: French police force; a group of gendarmes or gendarmes
         collectively [syn: {gendarmerie}, {gendarmery}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

gendarmerie \gen*darm"er*ie\ n. [F. gendarmerie.]
   The French police force; the body of gendarmes or gendarmes
   collectively. [Also spelled {gendarmery}.]

   Syn: gendarmery.
        [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

gendarmery \gen*darm"er*y\, n.
   Same as {gendarmerie}.
   [WordNet 1.5]

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