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gendarme
[zhahn-dahrm, zhah
noun
plural
gendarmesa 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.
gendarme
/ ʒɑ̃darm, ˈʒɒndɑːm /
noun
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
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of gendarme1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of gendarme1
Example Sentences
We counted eighteen French gendarmes watching them from the shore, declining to intervene.
For all the calls for greater security at schools, this crime took place literally under the noses of armed gendarmes.
"I had enough. I panicked," he told the court, apologising to the two gendarmes he had driven into in the tiny village of Vidaillat west of Clermont-Ferrand.
Several attempts to cross the Channel were stopped by police and gendarmes on Sunday morning - including in Equihen-Plage, Calais and Sangatte - according to French authorities.
Eleven people have since died – nine civilians and two French gendarmes - and there are still French police on the ground.
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