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gen⋅darme
[zhahn-dahrm; Fr. zhahn-darm] 
–noun, plural -darmes [-dahrmz; Fr. -darm] .
[-dahrmz; Fr. -darm] . | 1. | a police officer in any of several European countries, esp. a French police officer. |
| 2. | a soldier, esp. in France, serving in an army group acting as armed police with authority over civilians. |
| 3. | (formerly) a cavalryman in charge of a French cavalry squad. |
Origin:
1540–50; < MF, earlier gens d'armes, alter. of gent d'armes people at arms
1540–50; < MF, earlier gens d'armes, alter. of gent d'armes people at arms
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| gen·darme (zhän'därm', zhäɴ'därm') n.
[French, from Old French gent d'armes, gendarme, sing. of gens d'armes, mounted soldiers, men-at-arms : gens, people, men (from Latin gentēs, pl. of gēns, clan; see genə- in Indo-European roots) + de, of (from Latin dē; see de-) + armes, pl. of arme, weapon; see arm2.] |
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Gendarme
Gen`darme"\, n.; pl. Gendarmes, or Gens d'armes. [F.]1. (Mil.) One of a body of heavy cavalry. [Obs.] [France] 2. An armed policeman in France. --Thackeray.
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gendarme
1550, from Fr. contraction of gens d'armes "men at arms," later applied to military police. Gens is pl. of gent "nation, people," from L. gentem, acc. of gens "race, nation, people" (see genus).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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