maréchaussée (English, noun)
expansion: maréchaussée (plural maréchaussées)
Senses:
glosses: 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.
tags: historical
Forms:
form: maréchaussées
tags: plural