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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gendarme /ˈʒɒndɑːm/

▶noun

1 a paramilitary police officer in French-speaking countries.

2 a rock pinnacle on a mountain, occupying and blocking an arête.

– origin C16 (denoting a mounted military officer): Fr., from gens d'armes ‘men of arms’.

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