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gendarme

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gen·darme  (zhändärm, zhädärm)
n.
1. A member of the French national police organization constituting a branch of the armed forces with responsibility for general law enforcement.
2. Slang A police officer.
[French, from Old French gent d'armes, gendarme, sing. of gens d'armes, mounted soldiers, men-at-arms : gens, people, men (from Latin gents, pl. of gns, clan; see gen- in Indo-European roots) + de, of (from Latin d; see de-) + armes, pl. of arme, weapon; see arm2.]
gendarme [zhahn-darm]
Noun
a member of the French police force [French]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.gendarmegendarme - a French policeman                  
gendarmerie, gendarmery - French police force; a group of gendarmes or gendarmes collectively
police officer, policeman, officer - a member of a police force; "it was an accident, officer"


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Letellier cast his eyes around him, and seeing the black and meager clerk with the scowling brow, scribbling away in his office, he preferred him to the best gendarme for the execution of this design.
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
Villefort traversed the ante-chamber, cast a side glance at Dantes, and taking a packet which a gendarme offered him, disappeared, saying, "Bring in the prisoner.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
Sometimes when the cardinal, always on horseback, like the lowest GENDARME of the army, cast a pensive glance over those works, so slowly keeping pace with his wishes, which the engineers, brought from all the corners of France, were executing under his orders, if he met a Musketeer of the company of Treville, he drew near and looked at him in a peculiar manner, and not recognizing in him one of our four companions, he turned his penetrating look and profound thoughts in another direction.
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