gendarme

gen·darme

 (zhän′därm′, zhäN′därm′)

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.

3. A subsidiary pinnacle on a steep mountain ridge.

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[French, from Old French gent d'armes, gendarme, sing. of gens d'armes, mounted soldiers, men-at-arms : gens, people, men (from Latin gentēs, pl. of gēns, clan; see genə- in Indo-European roots) + de, of (from Latin dē; see de-) + armes, pl. of arme, weapon; see arm².]

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gendarme

(ˈʒɒndɑːm; French ʒɑ̃darm)

n

1. (Military) a member of the police force in France or in countries formerly influenced or controlled by France

2. (Law) a slang word for a policeman

3. (Geological Science) a sharp pinnacle of rock on a mountain ridge, esp in the Alps

[C16: from French, from gens d'armes people of arms]

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gen•darme

(ˈʒɑn dɑrm; Fr. ʒɑ̃ˈdarm)

n., pl. -darmes (-dɑrmz; Fr. -ˈdarm)

1. a police officer in any of several European countries, esp. in France.

2. a soldier, esp. in France, serving in an army group acting as armed police with authority over civilians.

[1540–50; < Middle French, earlier gens d'armes, alter. of gent d'armes people at arms]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

gendarme - 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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gendarme

noun

Slang. A member of a law-enforcement agency:

bluecoat, finest, officer, patrolman, patrolwoman, peace officer, police, policeman, police officer, policewoman.

Informal: cop, law.

Slang: bull, copper, flatfoot, fuzz, heat, man (often uppercase).

Chiefly British: bobby, constable, peeler.

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Translations

gendarme

zsandár

gendarme

gendarme

[ˈʒɑ̃ːndɑːm] N → gendarme mf

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gendarme

[ˈʒɒndɑː^rm] n → gendarme m

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gendarme

[ˈʒɒndɑːm] n (French policeman) → gendarme m inv

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