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gen·darme    Audio Help   [zhahn-dahrm; Fr. zhahn-darm] Pronunciation Key
–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 
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  1. A member of the French national police organization constituting a branch of the armed forces with responsibility for general law enforcement.
  2. 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 ; see de-) + armes, pl. of arme, weapon; see arm2.]

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