Gendarmes

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Gendarmes

(1) Personnel of the gendarmery.

(2) A type of heavy cavalry that appeared in France in the 13th century as a kind of knightly royal guard; from the mid-15th century, they were the crack units of the gentry heavy cavalry, who were celebrated for their striking force. With the spread of firearms and the appearance of the light cavalry, the functions of the heavy cavalry were taken over by the cuirassiers; in the 16th and 17th centuries the gendarmes lost their combat role. The small number of units of gendarmes that were retained in France (up to 1788) and Prussia (up to 1806) were used mainly as military police.

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No references found			Here I mostly live, and here I shall certainly die, if the gendarmes ever track me here. The Wisdom Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context This is why - because in Corsica your dead will not leave you alone - Dominic's brother had to go into the MAQUIS, into the bush on the wild mountain-side, to dodge the gendarmes for the insignificant remainder of his life, and Dominic had charge of his nephew with a mission to make a man of him. The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context You know very well that I have but to lift my finger and the gendarmes will be here. The Yellow Crayon by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context			Gemma Augustea gemmation gemmho Gemmi gemmiform gemmiparous GEMMS gemmule Gemniczer, Wenzel Gemolite gemology Gempei War Gempylidae Gems gemsbok Gemsbok National Park gemstone Gemuendinoidei gen Gen 1 Gen 2 GEN-X gena gendarme Gendarmerie Gendarmes Gendemian Peace Treaty of 1873 gender gender changer gender gap gender identity gender mender Gender, Grammatical gending Gene gene action Gene Amdahl gene amplification gene assignment gene bank Gene C Reid Regional Park gene cluster gene control region gene conversion gene duplication gene escape gene expression gene family gene flow gene frequency gene library			Genbutsu Kakaku Genbutsu Kessai Genç Fenerbahçeliler Genç Parti GENCAT Genck Genck GENCLI Genco Genco Shipping & Trading Limited Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd. GENCODE GenCom GenCOM Suite GenCOM Suite GENCONV GEND gendarme gendarme Gendarmeria Nacional Argentina gendarmerie gendarmerie Gendarmerie Einsatz Kommando Gendarmerie National Gendarmerie National Gendarmerie Royale du Canada gendarmeries gendarmeries gendarmery gendarmery Gendarmes Gendemian Peace Treaty of 1873 GENDEPTS gender gender gender gender gender Gender & Development Gender & Development Seminar Series Gender (grammar) Gender (grammar) Gender (language) Gender (language) Gender (linguistics) Gender (linguistics) Gender (role) Gender (role) Gender (sociology) Gender (sociology) Gender (sociology) Gender (sociology) gender agreement Gender AIDS Forum Gender Alliance for Development Center Gender Alliance for Development Centre Gender Analysis Matrix Gender and Arts Project Gender and Child Protection Unit Gender and Development Gender and Development Action

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