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Webster 1913 Edition


Gendarme

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Genˊdarme′

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Gendarmes
(#)
, or
Gens d’armes
.
[F.]
1.
(Mil.)
One of a body of heavy cavalry.
[Obs.]
[France]
2.
An armed policeman in France.
Thackeray.