gendarme
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French gendarme, from plural gendarmes, a re-spelling of gens d’armes (“people of arms", "armed people”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
gendarme (plural gendarmes or gensdarmes)
- A member of the gendarmerie, a military body charged with police duties.
- Policeman.
- 2003, Daniele Archibugi, Mathias Koenig-Archibugi, Debating Cosmopolitics, Verso, page 170 [1]:
- 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.
- 2003, Daniele Archibugi, Mathias Koenig-Archibugi, Debating Cosmopolitics, Verso, page 170 [1]:
- A rock pinnacle on a mountain ridge.
- 1979, Chris Jones, Climbing in North America, →ISBN, page 118:
- The previous attempts foundered when they tried to take this gendarme directly.
- 1998, Climbing - Issues 178-180, page 64:
- The Arete starts easily, with several beautiful, loping pitches leading to a striking gendarme.
- 2013, Joe Kelsey, Climbing and Hiking in the Wind River Mountains, →ISBN, page 259:
- Continuing to the main summit involves ascents of the gendarmes (the first being the owl-eared one referred to in the next route description) and 140-foot rappels down their south sides.
Synonyms
- (police officer): see Thesaurus:police officer
Translations
member of the gendarmerie
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any policeman
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rock pinnacle
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Anagrams
French
Etymology
Singular extracted from plural gendarmes, which arose as a re-spelling of gens d’armes (“people of arms", "armed people”).
Pronunciation
Noun
gendarme m (plural gendarmes)
- A member of the gendarmerie, a military body charged with police duties.
- firebug (the insect)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “gendarme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from French gendarme.
Noun
gendarme m (plural gendarmi)
- policeman (armed)
Portuguese
Noun
gendarme m (plural gendarmes)
- gendarme (member of the gendarmerie)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French gendarme.
Pronunciation
Noun
gendarme m (plural gendarmes)
- (law enforcement) policeman (armed)
Related terms
Further reading
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