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Gendarme

Gendarme (pronounced /dʒɛnˈdɑrm/ or /ˈʒɑːndɑrm/) can mean:

Gendarme (historical), French medieval or early modern cavalryman
A member of a gendarmerie; the word is often incorrectly used in English to refer to any French policeman
An isolated pinnacle of rock on a mountain peak or ridge, such as that of Seneca Rocks, West Virginia, USA, which fell in 1987
A tool for checking .NET assemblies for common bugs and mistakes, part of the Mono development platform

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Translation

The word "Gendarme" occurs as such in the following languages: English, French.

Translation(s) in other languages: German: Gendarm, Hebrew: ז'נדרמריה, Russian: Жандармерия.


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