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gendarme
 
SYLLABICATION:gen·darme
PRONUNCIATION:  zhändärm, zhädärm
NOUN: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.
ETYMOLOGY:French, from Old French gent d'armes, gendarme, sing. of gens d'armes, mounted soldiers, men-at-arms : gens, people, men (from Latin gents, pl. of gns, clan; see gen- in Appendix I) + de, of (from Latin d; see de–) + armes, pl. of arme, weapon; see arm2.
 
 
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