Definition of Gendarmes

1. Noun. (plural of gendarme) ¹

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Definition of Gendarmes

1. gendarme [n] - See also: gendarme

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gendarmes

gen
gen X
gena
genal
genal glands
genappe
genappes
genas
genbank
genco
gencos
gendarme
gendarmerie
gendarmeries
gendarmery
gendarmes (current term)
gender-blind
gender-free
gender-neutral
gender-neutral pronoun
gender-neutral pronouns
gender agreement
gender benders
gender bias
gender blind
gender changer

Literary usage of Gendarmes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the French Revolution by Adolphe Thiers, Frederic Shoberl (1866)
"The gendarmes then surrounded them for the purpose of conducting them back to their prison. One of the condemned suddenly fell at their feet. ..."

2. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"•THE QUICK, SHARP TONES OF AUTHORITY OF TWO MOUNTED gendarmes' It was for this that the shambles liad been prepared, with the butchers in waiting. ..."

3. The New York Times Current History (1917)
"No Armenian can travel in these parts, for every Moslem, and especially the brigands and gendarmes, considers it his duty now to kill them at sight. ..."

4. The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle (1838)
"He bursts towards the Tuileries Committee-room, " to speak with Robespierre: " with difficulty, the Ushers and Tuileries gendarmes, earnestly pleading and ..."

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