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gendarme
[ zhahn-dahrm; French zhahn-darm ]
noun
- a police officer in any of several European countries, especially a French police officer.
- a soldier, especially in France, serving in an army group acting as armed police with authority over civilians.
- (formerly) a cavalryman in charge of a French cavalry squad.
gendarme
/ ʒɑ̃darm; ˈʒɒndÉ‘Ëm /
noun
- a member of the police force in France or in countries formerly influenced or controlled by France
- a slang word for a policeman
- a sharp pinnacle of rock on a mountain ridge, esp in the Alps
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of gendarme1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of gendarme1
Example Sentences
"I had enough. I panicked," he told the court, apologising to the two gendarmes he had driven into in the tiny village of Vidaillat west of Clermont-Ferrand.
Several attempts to cross the Channel were stopped by police and gendarmes on Sunday morning - including in Equihen-Plage, Calais and Sangatte - according to French authorities.
Eleven people have since died – nine civilians and two French gendarmes - and there are still French police on the ground.
“Closed. You’ll have to walk around,†a French gendarme had just told them, gesturing towards the south.
Six people have been killed, including two gendarmes, and hundreds of others injured in New Caledonia amid armed clashes, looting and arson, raising new questions about Macron’s handling of France’s colonial legacy.
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