gendarme
a police officer in any of several European countries, especially a French police officer.
a soldier, especially in France, serving in an army group acting as armed police with authority over civilians.
(formerly) a cavalryman in charge of a French cavalry squad.
Origin of gendarme
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How to use gendarme in a sentence
On the evening of June 8, 1847, John Sullivan was apprehended by gendarmes while weaving down a sidewalk in London.
‘Before We Were Trans’ explores a complicated history | Terri Schlichenmeyer | September 23, 2022 | Washington BladeIn September, Francis told the Swiss Guard and the gendarme that the only real threats the Vatican faces are from within.
Is The Pope Unprotected Now That He’s Fired the Head of the Swiss Guards? | Barbie Latza Nadeau | December 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHis father was executed in 1942 by a German gendarme after attempting to smuggle a packet of saccharine into the Ghetto.
The Week in Death: Irving Milchberg, the Teenage Gunrunner of the Warsaw Ghetto | The Telegraph | March 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA French gendarme on the case has been dispatched to London, where he will be joined by three additional French investigators.
Is Iraqi Family Fight Behind Mysterious Murders in French Alps? | Tracy McNicoll | September 7, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe gendarme moved quietly away, and repeated what he had heard to his captain.
The Cornet of Horse | G. A. Henty
The gendarme passed on, without deigning to thank the wretched looking man in a faded fez and torn coat.
Eastern Nights - and Flights | Alan BottHe finished with a gesture of supreme disgust, as if friendship with a gendarme were the basest of crimes.
The Isle of Unrest | Henry Seton MerrimanWhen mother had recovered enough to speak she began to argue with the gendarme, telling him our story and begging him to be kind.
From Plotzk to Boston | Mary AntinMamma asked him why, but he said nothing and left the car, another gendarme entering as he did so.
From Plotzk to Boston | Mary Antin
British Dictionary definitions for gendarme
/ (ˈʒɒndɑːm, French ʒɑ̃darm) /
a member of the police force in France or in countries formerly influenced or controlled by France
a slang word for a policeman
a sharp pinnacle of rock on a mountain ridge, esp in the Alps
Origin of gendarme
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