gendarme
gen·darme
noun \ˈzhän-ˌdärm also ˈjän-\Definition of GENDARME
1
: a member of a body of soldiers especially in France serving as an armed police force for the maintenance of public order
2
Examples of GENDARME
- <the senator reiterated his conviction that it is not the role of the United States to be a kind of global gendarme>
Origin of GENDARME
French, from Middle French, back-formation from gensdarmes, plural of gent d'armes, literally, armed people
First Known Use: 1793
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