Synonyms of gendarmes

gendarmes

noun

plural of gendarme

as in policemen

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

• policemen
• officers
• cops
• constables
• sheriffs
• coppers
• lawmen
• police
• bobbies
• police officers
• bulls
• investigators
• inspectors
• detectives
• patrolmen
• troopers
• policewomen
• plainclothesmen
• sergeants
• marshals
• shamuses
• flatfeet
• constabularies
• sleuths
• lieutenants
• operatives
• fuzzes
• dicks
• men
• gumshoes
• peace officers
• police forces
• sleuthhounds
• sherlocks
• captains
• hawkshaws
• private detectives
• private investigators
• private eyes
• heat

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• civilians

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gendarmes

Sebastien Salom-Gomis | Afp | Getty Images Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez has said 70,000 police and gendarmes — a military police force — will be deployed in efforts to quell any outbreaks of violence. — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2026

On November 3, 40 gendarmes searched two apartments and found the works in the process. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2026

French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said some 70,000 police officers and gendarmes would be deployed, along with helicopters, armored vehicles and water cannons. — Elitsa Gadeva, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026

More than 500 police officers, gendarmes and firefighters were injured, the AP reported, citing Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez. — Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026

Leo presided alone over the liturgy and distributed Communion to medical personnel and Vatican gendarmes, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said. — ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026

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

At the same time, there's enough nonsense, edging into ridiculousness, that the series might best be approached as a black action-comedy — at the end of the opening scene, the gendarmes are splattered with pieces of supermodel — or a very fancy B (maybe C) picture. — Robert Lloyd, Houston Chronicle, 21 Jan. 2026