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gendarme

[zhahn-dahrm; Fr. zhahn-darm] Origin

gen·darme

[zhahn-dahrm; Fr. zhahn-darm]
noun, plural -darmes [-dahrmz; Fr. -darm] .
1.
a police officer in any of several European countries, especially a French police officer.
2.
a soldier, especially 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; < Middle French, earlier gens d'armes, alteration of gent d'armes people at arms
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gendarme (ˈʒɒndɑːm, French ʒɑ̃darm)
 
n
1.  a member of the police force in France or in countries formerly influenced or controlled by France
2.  a slang word for a policeman
3.  a sharp pinnacle of rock on a mountain ridge, esp in the Alps
 
[C16: from French, from gens d'armes people of arms]

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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).
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