Antonyms for gendarme

Grammar : Noun

Spell : zhahn-dahrm; French zhahn-darm

Phonetic Transcription : ˈʒɑn dɑrm; French ʒɑ̃ˈdarm

criminal

Definition of gendarme

Origin : 1540s, "mounted trooper," from French contraction (14c.) of gens d'armes "men at arms," later applied to military police (1796 in English). Gens is plural of gent "nation, people," from Latin gentem (nominative gens) "race, nation, people" (see genus). Related: Gendarmerie. French also had gens de (la) robe "lawyers," sometimes borrowed in English.

As in police/police officer : noun person, people hired to uphold the laws
As in police : noun lawman
As in police officer : noun officer of the law
As in patrolman : noun policeman
As in patrolwoman : noun policeman
As in policeman : noun law enforcement officer
As in policewoman : noun law enforcement officer

Example sentences :

He was shot at the same time as Silvere by Rengade, the gendarme.
Extract from : « A Zola Dictionary » by J. G. Patterson

I was there when the gendarme blew his brains out with a pistol.
Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola

The gendarme understood that the man was surrendered to him.
Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola

With that terrible laugh of his, he was wont to remark that he was 'God's gendarme.'
Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola

I will show you the pig of a Newfoundlander who half killed a gendarme.
Extract from : « Billy Topsail & Company » by Norman Duncan

He sat crouched in a corner, like a thief in the presence of a gendarme.
Extract from : « The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII. » by Guy de Maupassant

The widow of the gendarme officer had compassion on his embarrassment.
Extract from : « The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I (of 2) » by Alexandre Dumas pre

Before marriage, an agente provocateuse; after marriage, a gendarme.
Extract from : « A Book of Burlesques » by H. L. Mencken

The gendarme who had brought Guillergues in threw himself into his arms.
Extract from : « The Gods are Athirst » by Anatole France

A man and a woman with two children approached the gendarme deprecatingly.
Extract from : « Trapped in 'Black Russia' » by Ruth Pierce

Synonyms for gendarme

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