maréchaussée

Etymology
From. .

Noun

 * 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, the police, the constabulary.
 * 2) * 1789,, letter, 6 Feb 1780:
 * 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.

Etymology
From (with change of suffix), see.

Noun

 * 1)  constabulary
 * 1)  constabulary