marechaussee
See also: maréchaussée
Dutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French maréchaussée (“mounted police”) in 1815. Doublet of maarschalk.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmarechaussee f (uncountable)
- gendarmerie, military police of the Netherlands
- Coordinate term: rijkswacht (Belgium)
- member of the military police
- (historical) lightly armed soldier belonging to counterguerrilla troops