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Webster Dictionary
Gendarmes
of Gendarme
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Gendarmes
a military police in France organised since the Revolution, and charged with maintaining the public safety. The gendarmerie is considered a part of the regular army, and is divided into legions and companies; but the pay is better than that of an ordinary soldier. In the 14th and 15th centuries the name was applied to the heavy French cavalry, and later to the royal bodyguard of the Bourbons.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
gendarmes
(men-at-arms). Originally, and up to the time of the first French revolution, the most distinguished cavalry corps in the service of the Bourbon kings, to whom they formed a sort of body-guard. Under existing arrangements the gendarmes constitute a military police, and comprise both cavalry and infantry. The force consists principally of soldiers taken from the army, generally on account of intelligence and good conduct. The men receive much higher pay than the rest of the army, of which, however, the corps is a part, and they are liable in cases of emergency to be sent on active service.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of gendarmes in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of gendarmes in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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We are provisionally at 134 bodies recovered by the gendarmes.
If this set-up is kept for the Euros then private security firms will not be able to ensure security for the event, private companies are there to work alongside the police, gendarmes and military, and cannot alone be responsible for all the security.
French President Emmanuel Macron:
This morning ... we were able to neutralize 33 terrorists, take one prisoner and free two Malian gendarmes who had been held hostage.
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