gendarme
(noun) a French policeman
Source: WordNet® 3.1
gendarme (plural gendarmes or gensdarmes)
A member of the gendarmerie, a military body charged with police duties.
Policeman.
A rock pinnacle on a mountain ridge.
• (police officer): see police officer
• red mange
Source: Wiktionary
Gen`darme", n.; pl. Gendarmes, or Gens d'armes. Etym: [F.]
1. (Mil.)
Definition: One of a body of heavy cavalry. [Obs.] [France]
2. An armed policeman in France. Thackeray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
