Gendarme - English meaning
Gendarme – definitions in English dictionary
nounA paramilitary police officer in france and other french-speaking countries.
Usage examples:
He was hauled off by a gendarme to the police stationnounA rock pinnacle on a mountain, occupying and blocking an arête.
Usage examples:
The granite pillars and gendarmes kept the sun from warming us
nounA police officer who is a member of a gendarmerie (= a police force that is part of the armed forces in france and some other countries where french is spoken)
Usage examples:
French gendarmes recovered the painting three years later.
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Word origin
mid 16th century (originally denoting a mounted officer in the French army): French, from gens d'armes ‘men of arms’. gendarme (sense 1) dates from the late 18th century.
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