Definition of Gendarme

1. Noun. A French policeman.

Group relationships: Gendarmerie, Gendarmery
Generic synonyms: Officer, Police Officer, Policeman

Definition of Gendarme

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

Definition of Gendarme

1. Noun. A member of the gendarmerie, a military body charged with police duties. ¹

2. Noun. Policeman. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gendarme

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gendarme

gemul
gemutlich
gemutlichkeit
gemutlichkeits
gen
gen X
gena
genal
genal glands
genappe
genappes
genas
genbank
genco
gencos
gendarme (current term)
gendarmerie
gendarmeries
gendarmery
gendarmes
gender-blind
gender-free
gender-neutral
gender-neutral pronoun
gender-neutral pronouns
gender agreement
gender benders
gender bias

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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