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

: police officer

Examples of GENDARME

1. <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

Related to GENDARME

Synonyms: bobby [British], bull [slang], constable [chiefly British], cop, copper, flatfoot [slang], fuzz, officer, lawman, policeman, police officer, shamus [slang]

Related Words: patrolman, policewoman; detective, dick, gumshoe, hawkshaw, inspector, investigator, plainclothesman, sherlock, sleuth, sleuthhound; marshal (also marshall), sheriff, trooper; peace officer; captain, lieutenant, sergeant; constabulary, heat [slang], man, police, police force; operative, private detective, private eye, private investigator

Near Antonyms: civilian

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Other Job Terms

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Rhymes with GENDARME

alarm, disarm, dry farm, fat farm, firearm, fish farm, forearm, gisarme, poor farm, rearm, sidearm, stiff-arm, straight-arm, strong-arm, tonearm, tree farm, truck farm, unarm, wind farm, work farm, yardarm