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gendarme

/ʒɒnˈdɑːm/ noun

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noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about gendarme at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. A member of the gendarmerie, a military body charged with police duties.
  2. A policeman.
  3. A rock pinnacle on a mountain ridge.

Origin

Borrowed from French gendarme, a back-formation from gendarmes, from gens d'armes (“people of arms, armed people”), from gens + d' + armes.

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