gendarme
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gendarme
- /ʒɒnˈdɑːm/ UK
- /ʒɑnˈdɑɹm/ US
Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)m
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French gendarme, a back-formation from gendarmes, from gens d'armes (“people of arms, armed people”), from gens + d' + armes.
noun gendarmes · gensdarmes
- A member of the gendarmerie, a military body charged with police duties.
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A policeman.
The US is tempted to play the role of global gendarme because everyone knows that the UN, as it is, lacks the resources and capacity to fill this role.
Similar: police officer
- A rock pinnacle on a mountain ridge. The previous attempts foundered when they tried to take this gendarme directly.
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noun member of the gendarmerie
| Español | gendarme |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 헌병 heonbyeong |
| 日本語 | 憲兵 kenpei |
| 中文 | 憲兵 /宪兵 xiànbīng |
| Português | gendarme |
| Français | gendarme |
| Deutsch | Gendarm |
| Italiano | gendarme |
| Ελληνικά | χωροφύλακας chorofýlakas |
| Română | jandarm |
| Русский | жанда́рм žandárm |
| Tiếng Việt | sen đầm, hiến binh |
| العربية | دَرَكِيّ darakiyy, جَنْدَرْم jandarm |
| עברית | זַ׳נְדַּרְם zhandárm |
noun rock pinnacle
| 中文 | 岩峰 yánfēng |
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Talk about this word "gendarme." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gendarme. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. gendarme. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gendarme "gendarme." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gendarme.Cite this
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title = {gendarme},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gendarme},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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