gendarme
A member of the gendarmerie, a military body charged with police dutiesA member of the gendarmerie, a military body charged with police duties.
» The volunteer deputy gendarme serves for a fixed term within operational or support units.
Meaning
3 sensesA member of the gendarmerie, a military body charged with police duties.
Gendarm
жанда́рмžandárm
жанда́рмžandárm
A policeman.
a French policeman
A rock pinnacle on a mountain ridge.
Examples
9 sentencesThe volunteer deputy gendarme serves for a fixed term within operational or support units.
Ziri is a gendarme.
Ziri became a gendarme.
ruЗири стал жандармом.
The gendarme trainee undergoes initial training at the gendarmerie school before being assigned to a brigade.
Gendarmes are human, too.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French gendarme, a back-formation from gendarmes, from gens d'armes (“peopleBorrowed from French gendarme, a back-formation from gendarmes, from gens d'armes (“people of arms, armed people”), from gens + d' + armes.
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Forms
plural: gendarmes / gensdarmes| Singular | gendarme |
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| Plural | gendarmes / gensdarmes |
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