Lexic.us

Definition of Gendarme

1. Noun. A French policeman.

Definition of Gendarme

1. n. One of a body of heavy cavalry.

Definition of Gendarme

1. a policeman [n -S] - See also: policeman

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gendarme

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genal glands genappe genappes genas genbank gendarme (current term) gendarmerie gendarmeries gendarmery gendarmes

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Literary usage of Gendarme

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Unknown Switzerland: Reminiscences of Travel by Victor Tissot (1914)
"gendarme NOSTALGIA. — OP SWISS gendarmeS AND THEIR USE. ... The Swiss gendarme rarely arrests actual criminals ; that is occasionally a dangerous feat. ..."

2. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"... drying aud smoking neat»' tongues ; etc. etc. Gome. (See JE-OTOS..) gendarme«. ... gendarme ..."

3. On the Path of Adventure by Julius Mendes Price (1919)
"This was Clermont-en-Argonne. r There was no one to worry about my ticket, and I was hesitating as to which way to leave the station when a huge gendarme ..."

4. The History of the French Revolution by Adolphe Thiers, Frederic Shoberl (1844)
"When, on the night of the 27th of July, he found himself abandoned by his friends, he discharged a pistol in his mouth, and, at the same time, a gendarme ..."

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