gendarme
French military police officer
A gendarme is a member of a military force employed in police duties, particularly in France and other French-speaking countries.
The term distinguishes these officers from civilian police: gendarmes typically patrol rural areas and highways, while regular police handle urban zones.
In mountaineering, a gendarme is a rock pinnacle on a ridge that blocks easy passage—an obstacle standing guard over the route.
Low-ranking peace officer
- sergeantMid-level military rank
- inspectorOfficial quality checker
- captainOne who commands
- lieutenantJunior commissioned officer
commandant · marshal · trooper · patrolman · chief · adjutant · corporal · brigadier
Flat-topped visored military cap
- gendarmerieMilitary unit doing police work
- brigadierSenior military officer
- commandantOfficer overseeing military post
- ruralOf the countryside
Flat-topped visored military cap
- badgeWorn symbol of membership
- beltStrap securing trousers
- bootsAnkle-covering footwear
- epaulettesOrnamental shoulder insignia
insignia · jacket · lanyard · pistol · holster · baton · tunic · breeches
Seize by law
- patrolRegular surveillance route
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- investigationFormal examination of facts
warrant · custody · checkpoint · detention · surveillance · citation · pursuit · apprehension
constable
Low-ranking peace officer
lieutenant · commandant · marshal · trooper · patrolman · chief · adjutant · corporal · brigadier · detective
kepi
Flat-topped visored military cap
- gendarmerieMilitary unit doing police work
- brigadierSenior military officer
- commandantOfficer overseeing military post
kepi
Flat-topped visored military cap
epaulettes · insignia · jacket · lanyard · pistol · holster · baton · tunic · breeches · dress blues
arrest
Seize by law
- patrolRegular surveillance route
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
investigation · warrant · custody · checkpoint · detention · surveillance · citation · pursuit · apprehension · interrogation
pinnacle
Utmost summit or spire
crack · aiguille · pillar · gendarmerie · exposed · technical · bypass · rappel · scramble · knife-edge
barracks
Soldiers' residential building
drill · deployment · rank · battalion · brigade · platoon · cavalry · ceremonial · formation · parade
- policeofficer, cop, officers, patrol, cops
- Copscop, cops, coppers, police, sheriff
- warriorsfighter, knight, footsoldier, barbarian, samurai
- mountaineeringsummit, alpinist, mountaineer, ice axe, ice axes
- civil servantsprefect, consul, inspector, diplomat, prosecutor
- French militaryFrench Foreign Legion, French Army, legionnaires, chasseurs, legionnaire
gendarmecriminal
Person who breaks laws
outlaw · lawbreaker · felon · fugitive · bandit
gendarmecivilian
Non-military person
citizen · private citizen · noncombatant · bystander · passerby
gendarmedetective
Professional crime investigator
plainclothes officer · investigator · inspector · secret agent · undercover agent