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/ʒɒnˈdɑːm/ · noun
A member of the gendarmerie, a military body charged with police duties..
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.
Use gendarme when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Gendarme means A member of the gendarmerie, a military body charged with police duties..
Common synonyms include police officer.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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