gendarme
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
gendarme (plural gendarmes)
- A member of the gendarmerie, a military body charged with police duties.
- Policeman.
- 2003, Daniele Archibugi, Mathias Koenig-Archibugi, Debating Cosmopolitics, Verso, page 170 :
- The US is tempted to play the role of global gendarme because everyone knows that the UN, as it is, lacks the resources and capacity to fill this role.
- 2003, Daniele Archibugi, Mathias Koenig-Archibugi, Debating Cosmopolitics, Verso, page 170 :
- A rock pinnacle on a mountain ridge.
- (police officer) see Thesaurus:police officer
- French: gendarme
- German: Gendarm
- Italian: gendarme
- Portuguese: gendarme
- Russian: жанда́рм
- Spanish: gendarme
- German: Gendarm
- Italian: agente di polizia, poliziotto, carabiniere, gendarme
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