The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gens d'armes
Gendarme \Gen`darme"\, n.; pl. Gendarmes, or Gens d'armes.
(Mil.) One of a body of heavy cavalry. [Obs.] [France]
An armed policeman in France.
--Thackeray.
Usage examples of "gens d'armes".
At daylight the prisoners, who had received no refreshment, were handed into a boat, and on their landing, conducted by a party of gens d'armes to the prison.