Synonyms for gendarme
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : zhahn-dahrm; French zhahn-darm |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈʒɑn dɑrm; French ʒɑ̃ˈdarm |
Top 10 synonyms for gendarme Other synonyms for the word gendarme
- arm of the law
- badge
- bear
- beat cop
- black and white
- blue
- bluecoat
- bobby
- boy scout
- carabiniere
- constable
- constabulary
- cop
- copper
- corps
- county mounty
- detective
- fed
- finest
- flatfoot
- flic
- force
- gendarme
- heat
- law
- law enforcement
- law enforcement agent
- law enforcer
- lawman
- lawwoman
- meter maid
- mounted police officer
- MP
- narc
- officers
- oink
- patrol
- patrolman
- patrolwoman
- peace officer
- pig
- police
- police officer
- policewoman
- sheriff
- the man
- traffic officer
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for gendarme
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