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garda en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (Ireland, alt-of) Alternative letter-case form of Garda.
    alt of Garda
    • A garda was ambling towards us. 2004, Ken Bruen, The Guards, →ISBN, page 38:
    • 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”. 2023 August 15, Ken Foy, “Garda trainee sent home from Templemore over tattoo says he has been treated ‘very unfairly‘”, in Irish Independent, page 6:

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gardaí Number=Plur lexicographic
gardai Number=Plur lexicographic

garda en · PROPN

Meanings

  1. (Ireland, alt-of, in-plural, often) Alternative letter-case form of Garda.
    alt 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. 2025 October 22, Jim O'Callaghan, quotee, “Second night of unrest in Dublin as protesters target asylum hotel”, in The Guardian, sourced from P. A. Media, →ISSN, archived from the original on 06 Dec 2025:

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gardai Number=Plur lexicographic
gardaí Number=Plur lexicographic