Get to know Gendarme better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like policeman or officer.
Gendarme meaning
- A member of the gendarmerie, a military body charged with police duties.
- A policeman.
- A rock pinnacle on a mountain ridge.
Using Gendarme
- The main meaning on this page is: A member of the gendarmerie, a military body charged with police duties. | A policeman. | A rock pinnacle on a mountain ridge.
- Useful related words include: policeman, police officer, officer.
- In the example corpus, gendarme often appears in combinations such as: the gendarme.
Context around Gendarme
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 5 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gendarme
- In this selection, "gendarme" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, road, reservist, big, shot, threatened and identified stand out and add context to how "gendarme" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a big gendarme and and the gendarme flageolet soon. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gendarme" sits close to words such as aami, abada and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gendarme
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
However, Pierre-Auguste Renoir was among its detractors, labeling it a "big gendarme ". (13 words)
The gendarme identified himself and shouted "Don't touch me" several times, according to the journalist. (16 words)
A projectile thrown by a demonstrator killed a gendarme, Mohamed Chérif Soumah, on February 19, 2018. (16 words)
A witness said that a gendarme shot Issa Yero Diallo, a 28-year-old woman in Conakry’s Ansoumanyah Plateau neighborhood at close range: “The gendarme threatened the woman before shooting her. (32 words)
A second man filmed at the protest called Vincent Crase, a gendarme reservist occasionally called to work for presidential security, was also filmed “overstepping the mark”, confirmed Mr Roger-Petit. (30 words)
One officer of the Versailles army, a surgeon from the medical corps, was killed; the National Guardsmen had mistaken his uniform for that of a gendarme. (26 words)
Example sentences (13)
A witness said that a gendarme shot Issa Yero Diallo, a 28-year-old woman in Conakry’s Ansoumanyah Plateau neighborhood at close range: “The gendarme threatened the woman before shooting her.
The gendarme, who had been drafted in from another region, was reportedly given 10 days off work for 'post-traumatic shock'.
The gendarme identified himself and shouted "Don't touch me" several times, according to the journalist.
A projectile thrown by a demonstrator killed a gendarme, Mohamed Chérif Soumah, on February 19, 2018.
A military contingent was spotted leaving the Buea Road Gendarme Station early Tuesday, June 19 probably to open the blocked road.
A second man filmed at the protest called Vincent Crase, a gendarme reservist occasionally called to work for presidential security, was also filmed “overstepping the mark”, confirmed Mr Roger-Petit.
A second reservist gendarme, Vincent Crase, also present on May 1, has also been detained for questioning.
One Gendarme later filed a civil suit against Fleming for 800 euros for damages, after he had kicked them in the struggle.
This fear of the symbols of public authority takes ridiculous proportions, when a car is flagged down by a gendarme or a police officer.
Colonel François Müller, the commander of French Guiana's gendarme, believes these operations have been successful.
However, Pierre-Auguste Renoir was among its detractors, labeling it a "big gendarme ".
One officer of the Versailles army, a surgeon from the medical corps, was killed; the National Guardsmen had mistaken his uniform for that of a gendarme.
Other characters, including Guignol's wife Madelon and the gendarme Flageolet soon followed, but these are never much more than foils for the two heroes.
Common combinations with gendarme
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: