garda
Meanings
name
- Alternative letter-case form of Garda.
noun
- Alternative letter-case form of Garda.
name
- Synonym of Gardaí, the national police force of the Republic of Ireland.
noun
- A member of the Gardaí: an Irish national police officer
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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 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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