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gen·darme

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–noun, plural -darmes

Audio Help [-dahrmz; Fr. -darm] Pronunciation Key.

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

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gen·darme Audio Help (zhän'därm', zhäɴ'därm') Pronunciation Key
n.

A member of the French national police organization constituting a branch of the armed forces with responsibility for general law enforcement.
Slang A police officer.

[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

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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