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Gendarme

//ʒɑnˈdɑɹm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A member of the gendarmerie, a military body charged with police duties.
  2. 2
    a French policeman wordnet
  3. 3
    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."

  4. 4
    A rock pinnacle on a mountain ridge.

    "The previous attempts foundered when they tried to take this gendarme directly."

Etymology

Borrowed from French gendarme, from plural gendarmes, a re-spelling of gens d'armes (“people of arms", "armed people”).

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