garda
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Definition of garda
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
name
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(Ireland, alt-of, in-plural, often)Alternative letter-case form of Garda.
“He said gardaí had responded professionally to “thuggish violence” in the area and those arrested would be “charged, named and dealt with relentlessly” by the criminal justice system.”
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name
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(Ireland, alt-of, in-plural, often)Alternative letter-case form of Garda.
“He said gardaí had responded professionally to “thuggish violence” in the area and those arrested would be “charged, named and dealt with relentlessly” by the criminal justice system.”
- Synonym of Gardaí, the national police force of the Republic of Ireland.
noun
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(Ireland, alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of Garda.
“A garda was ambling towards us.”
“A trainee garda who was sent home from Templemore Garda College after he was told the tattoo on his hand id not comply with the force's dress and uniform code said he has been “treated very unfairly”.”
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A member of the Gardaí: an Irish national police officer
“Garda Michael Egan”
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Etymology
From Irish Garda (“guardian”), from Irish Garda Síochána (“Guardian of the Peace”) and Garda Síochána na hÉireann (“Guardian of the Peace of Ireland”) after the model of the French Third…
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From Irish Garda (“guardian”), from Irish Garda Síochána (“Guardian of the Peace”) and Garda Síochána na hÉireann (“Guardian of the Peace of Ireland”) after the model of the French Third Republic's civilian French gardiens de la paix, from Old French guarde, from guarder (“to guard”), from Frankish *wardēn, from Proto-Germanic *wardāną. Doublet of guard, guardian, and warden.
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