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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

宪兵队

Pronunciation / Transliteration: xiànbīngduì

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Gendarmerie/ˌʒɒ̃.dɑːmˈ(ə).ri/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #14500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"宪兵队负责维持该地区的治安。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A body of military personnel charged with police duties in civilian populations.

    "The local gendarmerie patrolled the streets of the rural French village."
  2. 2

    The headquarters, barracks, or station of such a military police force.

    "They went to the nearest gendarmerie to report the stolen vehicle."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle French 'gens d'armes', meaning 'men-at-arms', referencing elite heavily armored cavalry units. Over centuries, the term evolved to designate a military force charged with police duties among civilian populations.

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