gendarme
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9.1
- noun
- /ʒɑ̃ˈdɑrm/
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gendarme
- A gendarme in a high-collared jacket and white gloves prodded him with a stick.
- role of a gendarme
Examples
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I got mixed up in a little trouble and I thought I'd stay away out of town until the gendarmes forgot about it.
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About his terror of the gendarmes, he wished to speak to no one.
Fiction book (1997) -
Did you also hear that your friendly local gendarme put me up for the night?
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Because I was a gendarme in Paris.
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I went to the gendarme.
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There was already peace; the fear of gendarmes was gone.
Academic text (1993) -
There was a gendarme some ten paces away from me.
Fiction book (2002) -
"I glanced out the window at a young gendarme on duty with a submachine gun."
Fiction book (2001) -
When I tell friends about my latest run-in with the gendarmes, they shake their heads knowingly.
Blog text (1) -
A pair of mounted gendarmes appeared at the edge of the square.
Synonyms
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1.2
A person who works for the police and enforces the law
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1.0
A man whose job is to keep people safe and enforce laws
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6.5
A man who works to enforce the law, like a sheriff or police officer
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3.5
A soldier who enforces rules and guards prisoners
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4.1
A member of the armed forces who enforces rules, keeps soldiers in order and guards prisoners
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9.9
A French informal word for a police officer
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gendarme comes from the French phrase gens d'armes, which means 'people with weapons' and is like the English words armed and army that show the 'arm' idea. That's why a gendarme is a police officer with military roots and often belongs to a military police force.