Meaning of gendarme | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A member of the gendarmerie, a military body charged with police duties.
2. A policeman.
3. A rock pinnacle on a mountain ridge.

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“Continuing to the main summit involves ascents of the gendarmes (the first being the owl-eared one referred to in the next route description) and 140-foot rappels down their south sides.”

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