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gendarme

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8 lettersPronunciation /ʒɒnˈdɑːm/Part of speech nounSorted adeegmnrStarts with GEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a French policeman

Word origin

Borrowed from French gendarme, a back-formation from gendarmes, from gens d'armes (“people of arms, armed people”), from gens + d' + armes.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • The previous attempts foundered when they tried to take this gendarme directly.
  • The Arete starts easily, with several beautiful, loping pitches leading to a striking gendarme.

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