maréchaussée

发音

UK /ˈmaɹeɪʃəʊˌseɪ/

词形变化

maréchaussées 复数 maréchaussées

别名

marechaussee

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A type of guard force in France, French colonies, or sometimes by extension other places, commanded by a marshal (formerly used as a police force before the introduction of the gendarmerie); loosely (chiefly humorous), the police, the constabulary.

    历史

    I do not unite the Maréchaussée, because that corps is destined for a particular service, to which it will be altogether applied in the course of the next campaign, nor should I think it advisable to convert it to any other purpose.

词源

From French maréchaussée. Doublet of marshalcy.

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