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garda^¹

proper noun gardai · gardaí

Ireland, 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.

noun gardai · gardaí

Ireland Alternative letter-case form of Garda A garda was ambling towards us.

Garda^²

/ˈɡɑɹdə/ US
/ˈɡɑːdə/ UK

Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)də

Where it comes from

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.

proper noun garda

Synonym of Gardaí, the national police force of the Republic of Ireland.
Similar: Gardaí

noun Gardaí · Gardai · garda

A member of the Gardaí: an Irish national police officer Garda Michael Egan

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@misc{garda_2026,
  title = {garda},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/garda},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}