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gensdarmes

gensdarmes is the plural of gendarme.

Meaning of gendarme

Noun

gendarme (plural gendarmes or gensdarmes)

  1. A member of the gendarmerie, a military body charged with police duties.
  2. A policeman.
    • The US is tempted to play the role of global gendarme because everyone knows that the UN, as it is, lacks the resources and capacity to fill this role.2003, Daniele Archibugi, Mathias Koenig-Archibugi, Debating Cosmopolitics, Verso, page 170
    Synonyms:
    police officer
  3. A rock pinnacle on a mountain ridge.
    • The previous attempts foundered when they tried to take this gendarme directly.1979, Chris Jones, Climbing in North America, →ISBN, page 118

Questions about gensdarmes

What is gensdarmes the plural of?
Gensdarmes is the plural of gendarme.

Words near gensdarmes in the dictionary

  1. genros
  2. gens
  3. gens up
  4. Gens.
  5. GenSan
  6. gensdarmes
  7. GenSec
  8. GenSecs
  9. Gensel
  10. Gensels
  11. genseng

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