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   gen·darme

   /ˌZHänˈdärm/

   noun

   • 1. an armed police officer in France and other French-speaking countries: "he was hauled off by a gendarme to the police station"
   • 2. a rock pinnacle on a mountain, occupying and blocking an arête: "the granite pillars and gendarmes kept the sun from warming us"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (originally denoting a mounted officer in the French army): French, from gens d'armes ‘men of arms’. gendarme (sense 1) dates from the late 18th century.

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