gendarme in the PONS Dictionary

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It consisted of one sergeant and one gendarme.
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The gendarmes were unsuccessful, and eventually left the town.
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The workers disarmed police and gendarmes and armed themselves.
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On his request, he had an escort of two gendarmes, for personal protection during his journey.
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In the 16th century, the heavy cavalry (gendarmes, reiters and cuirassiers) often attacked in a line formation.
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The fortune-teller prophesies that the fertile husband will be a multi-millionaire, but that the sterile gendarme will die in abject poverty.
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Despite the intervention of a justice of the peace and gendarmes, the situation rapidly deteriorated.
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Not until 1918/19 the gendarmes officially became public servants, no longer subordinate to military law but to civil jurisdiction.
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Security at the parade was ensured by 400 gendarmes.
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In snowy conditions, sticking close to the summit ridge and passing an upcoming massive gendarme is the standard route.
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