gendarme

n.

1. A member of the French national police organization constituting a branch of the armed forces with responsibility for general law enforcement.
2. Slang. A police officer.

[French, from Old French gent d'armes, gendarme, sing. of gens d'armes, mounted soldiers, men-at-arms : gens, people, men (from Latin gentēs, pl. of gēns, clan) + de, of (from Latin dē; see de-) + armes, pl. of arme, weapon; see arm².]

noun

A member of a law-enforcement agency: bluecoat, finest, officer, patrolman, patrolwoman, peace officer, police, policeman, police officer, policewoman. Informal cop, law. Slang bull¹, copper, flatfoot, fuzz, heat, man (often uppercase). Chiefly British bobby, constable, peeler. See law.

[ܒʒändärm]

ˈʒändärm n. an armed police officer in France and other French-speaking countries.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

On an arête, an abrupt rock pinnacle which has resisted frost shattering.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - gendarm, politibetjent

Nederlands (Dutch)
gendarme, rotspunt

Français (French)
n. - gendarme

Deutsch (German)
n. - Gendarm (franz. Polizist), Felsspitze

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - χωροφύλακας

Italiano (Italian)
gendarme

Português (Portuguese)
n. - gendarme (m)

Русский (Russian)
жандарм

Español (Spanish)
n. - gendarme

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - gendarm

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
宪兵, 警官

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 憲兵, 警官

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 경찰관

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 憲兵

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) دركي, شرطي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שוטר חמוש או חייל המועסק בתפקידי שוטר בצרפת, צוק גבוה החוסם רכס, ז'נדרם‬

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