gendarme
/ˈʒɑːndɑːm/noun
1
- a paramilitary police officer in France and other French-speaking countries（法国及其他法语国家的）宪兵, 警官。
2
- a rock pinnacle on a mountain, occupying and blocking an arête（山脊上的）岩柱, 岩塔。
词源
mid 16th cent. (originally denoting a mounted officer in the French army)： French, from gens d'armes 'men of arms'. Sense 1 dates from the late 18th cent.