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name
Alternative letter-case form of Garda.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, alt-of, in-plural, often
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name
Synonym of Gardaí, the national police force of the Republic of Ireland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Gardaí
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of Garda.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, alt-of
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noun
A member of the Gardaí: an Irish national police officer
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
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.
