Synonyms for gendarme

Most common

police officer · cop · constable · patrolman

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   A member of the gendarmerie, a military body charged with police duties.

Forms

Plural

gendarmes → constables, patrolmen, cops, bulls…

Example sentences

• cop The cop motioned to Yanni to wind down his window.
• constable A constable was standing at the kitchen door.
• patrolman The patrolman motioned me to pull over.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

fed¹, cop¹, pig¹

4 letters

bull¹

6 letters

copper², peeler²

8 letters

bluecoat

9 letters

constable³, policeman³, patrolman³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (copper² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

gendarme

Deutsch

Gendarm