gen|darme

gen|darme
gen|darme «ZHAHN dahrm», noun, plural -darmes «-dahrmz».
1. a policeman in France and several other European countries who has had military training: »

A reformed jewel thief finds the gendarmes looking his way after a series of thefts break out in Cannes (Newsweek).

2. any policeman.
3. an outcropping of rock on a mountain.
[< Middle French gendarme < Old French gens d'armes men of arms]

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