1. A member of the French national police force or a similar armed police officer in a French-speaking country.
Usage: Often used in historical or international contexts.; Plural: gendarmes.
2. A sharp, pointed rock formation or pinnacle, especially in mountaineering.
Usage: Technical mountaineering term.; Borrowed from French.

Examples

• The gendarme directed traffic at the intersection in Lyon.
• French gendarmes patrol rural areas and small towns.
• The climbers had to navigate around a dangerous gendarme on the ridge.
• A gendarme stopped us to check our documents at the border.
• The mountain route featured several exposed gendarmes that required careful climbing.