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Word: Gendarme
Speech Type: Noun
mid 16th century (originally denoting a mounted officer in the French army): French, from gens d'armes ‘men of arms’. gendarme (sense 1) dates from the late 18th century
ˈʒɒndɑːm
ˈʒɒ̃dɑːm
a paramilitary police officer in France and other French-speaking countries
Short Definition:paramilitary police officer in France and other French-speaking countries
Examples:- he was hauled off by a gendarme to the police station
a rock pinnacle on a mountain, occupying and blocking an arête
Short Definition:rock pinnacle on mountain, occupying and blocking arête
Examples:- the granite pillars and gendarmes kept the sun from warming us
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