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gendarme::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | officer, police officer, policeman |
Examples of gendarme
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As a result, many university administrators are recruiting a new breed of campus gendarme.
From the time.com
It's not a duplication of his missed signal from the lenient gendarme back in Budapest.
From the washingtontimes.com
The gendarme was told that the law he was citing did not, in fact, exist.
From the economist.com
Historically, the country was Washington's gendarme in central America.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
Gendarme is underrated and is fitter for his resuming run at Ellerslie.
From the nzherald.co.nz
The word gendarme comes from Old Frenchgens d'armes, meaning men-at-arms.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Gentlemen at Arms is a near etymological equivalent to the term gendarme.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Only an occasional patrolling gendarme walks its stage.
From the time.com
A gendarme helicopter circled overhead at low altitude.
From the denverpost.com
- A French policeman
- A gendarme was a heavy cavalryman of noble birth, primarily serving in the French army from the Late Medieval to the Early Modern periods of European History. ...
- A Gendarme is a pinnacle of rock on a mountain ridge. They are typical of Alpine areas. Gendarmes often form on the intersection of two ridges due to the lower erosion of glaciers here. The name originates from the French Alps, where they were seen as resembling the gendarmerie police.
- A member of the gendarmerie, a military body charged with police duties; Policeman
- A pinnacle or isolated rock tower frequently encountered along a ridge.
- [Fr. "man-at-arms"] A steep-sided rock formation along a ridge (metaphorically "guarding" the summit).
- A mass of rock protruding from a ridge that forces the route from the top of the ridge to its side. From the French word for constable or police.
- A sharp pinnacle of rock on a ridge.
