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Synonyms & Antonyms of gendarme
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
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Words Related to gendarme
- detective,
- dick,
- gumshoe,
- hawkshaw,
- inspector,
- investigator,
- plainclothesman,
- sherlock,
- sleuth,
- sleuthhound
- constabulary,
- heat
- [slang],
- man,
- police,
- police force
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The first known use of gendarme was in 1793
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