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Noun: gendarme  'zhón,daa(r)m
  1. A French policeman
    "The gendarme patrolled the streets of Paris"

Derived forms: gendarmes

Type of: bobby [Brit, informal], officer, plod [Brit, informal], police officer

Part of: gendarmerie, gendarmery

Encyclopedia: Gendarme