Synonyms of gendarme

gendarme

noun

ˈzhän-ˌdärm 

as in policeman

a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level

the senator reiterated his conviction that it is not the role of the United States to be a kind of global gendarme

Synonyms & Similar Words

• policeman
• officer
• cop
• constable
• sheriff
• copper
• police
• lawman
• police officer
• bobby
• bull
• detective
• inspector
• flatfoot
• constabulary
• fuzz
• investigator
• sergeant
• policewoman
• patrolman
• shamus
• trooper
• lieutenant
• marshal
• sleuth
• dick
• man
• operative
• plainclothesman
• gumshoe
• peace officer
• police force
• captain
• hawkshaw
• sherlock
• sleuthhound
• private eye
• private detective
• private investigator
• heat

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• civilian

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gendarme

Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said Leo presided alone over the liturgy, distributing Communion to medical personnel and Vatican gendarmes present. — Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

During the Paris Commune of 1871, a socialist tailor named Herminie Cadolle experimented with corset design in the hope of allowing women to move around more freely and, presumably, evade the gendarmes. — Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026

Lucienne, a mountain girl charmed by Ortiz, eased their passage by bribing the right gendarme. — Literary Hub, 31 Aug. 2026

Set in the lush forests and fields of northeastern France, this excitingly offbeat first feature from Sarah Arnold depicts a gory factional war between hunters and farmers, haves and have-nots, with one depressed fish-out-of-water gendarme caught in the middle. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026