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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Gendarme

/zhän'-därmˌ/ · Gen·darme · IPA /ʒɑnˈdɑɹm/
01 n. One of a body of heavy cavalry.
pl. Gendarmes, Gens d'armes ((#))
  1. 1.
    One of a body of heavy cavalry.(Mil.) [Obs.]
  2. 2.
    An armed policeman in France.