guardian
see also: Guardian
Etymology

From Middle English gardein, garden, (also wardein, > Modern English warden), from Old French guardein, from the verb guarder, of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation
  • (America) IPA: /ˈɡɑɹ.di.ən/
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈɡɑː.dɪ.ən/
  • (America, dialectal) IPA: /ˈɡɑɹ.din/ (see guardeen)
Noun

guardian (plural guardians)

  1. Someone who guards, watches over, or protects.
    • 1791, John Walker, A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary […] , London: Sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinſon, Paternoſter Row; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, →OCLC ↗, page 162:
      Thoſe who ought to be the guardians of propriety are often the perverters of it. Hence Accidence for Accidents, Prepoſtor for Prepoſitor and Conſtur for Conſtrue […]
  2. (legal) A person legally responsible for a minor (in loco parentis).
  3. (legal) A person legally responsible for an incompetent person.
  4. A superior in a Franciscan monastery.
  5. (video games) A major or final enemy; boss.
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Guardian
Proper noun
  1. (newspapers) A British daily national newspaper.
Translations
  • Russian: Гардиан



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