gendarme Definition
gen·darme (z̸hän därm′, z̸hän′därm′; Fr z̸hän dȧrm′)
noun pl. -·darmes′-därmz′; Fr, -dȧrm′
- Historical a French cavalryman commanding a squad
- in France, Belgium, etc.,
- a soldier serving as an armed policeman
- a police officer; esp., a French police officer
- any policeman: a humorous usage
Etymology: Fr < gens d'armes, men-at-arms < L gens, gens + de, of + arma, arms
gendarme Usage Examples
Adjective modifier
- French: This is a woman who was arrested by a collaborating French gendarme and murdered by the Nazis.
- local: Three expeditioners had a side adventure to Corte to extract incident forms from the local gendarmes - proved very tricky.
- German: Not only were Jewish and Polish policemen stationed there open to bribery, but so were a number of ( ordinary ) German gendarmes.
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