gendarme

noun

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

   “The US is tempted to play the role of global gendarme because everyone knows that the UN, as it is, lacks the resources and capacity to fill this role.”

3. A rock pinnacle on a mountain ridge.

   “The previous attempts foundered when they tried to take this gendarme directly.”

   “The Arete starts easily, with several beautiful, loping pitches leading to a striking gendarme.”

   “Continuing to the main summit involves ascents of the gendarmes (the first being the owl-eared one referred to in the next route description) and 140-foot rappels down their south sides.”