gendarme
noun
gen·darme
ˈzhän-ˌdärm 
also ˈjän-
1
: a member of a body of soldiers especially in France serving as an armed police force for the maintenance of public order
2
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Examples of gendarme in a Sentence
the senator reiterated his conviction that it is not the role of the United States to be a kind of global gendarme
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An autopsy has been ordered and an investigation into the use of force by the gendarme involved is underway.
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Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 13 June 2024
Hundreds of police and gendarmes have been mobilised to take part in the search.
—Arion McNicoll, theweek, 15 May 2024
This helped shape the discourse of all of the regime’s opponents; opposition to the shah went hand in hand with opposition to the United States, since the shah was considered Washington’s gendarme.
—Akbar Ganji, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2013
To tackle the challenge, France will deploy around 45,000 police officers and gendarmes each day of the Games, in addition to 18,000 military troops and up to 22,000 private security force members.
—Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2024
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Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 13 June 2024
Hundreds of police and gendarmes have been mobilised to take part in the search.
—Arion McNicoll, theweek, 15 May 2024
This helped shape the discourse of all of the regime’s opponents; opposition to the shah went hand in hand with opposition to the United States, since the shah was considered Washington’s gendarme.
—Akbar Ganji, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2013
To tackle the challenge, France will deploy around 45,000 police officers and gendarmes each day of the Games, in addition to 18,000 military troops and up to 22,000 private security force members.
—Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2024
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gendarme
noun
gen·darme
ˈzhän-ˌdärm
also ˈjän-
: a member of a police force especially in France
Etymology
from French gendarme "policeman," derived as a singular form from earlier gensdarmes, gent d'armes, literally, "armed people"
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