guardian
see also: Guardian
Etymology
Guardian
Proper noun
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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)
guardian (plural guardians)
- 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 […]
- (legal) A person legally responsible for a minor (in loco parentis).
- (legal) A person legally responsible for an incompetent person.
- A superior in a Franciscan monastery.
- (video games) A major or final enemy; boss.
- French: gardien
- German: Wächter, Wache
- Italian: guardiano, custode
- Portuguese: guardião, guarda
- Russian: страж
- Spanish: guardián, guardia
- French: tuteur, tutrice
- German: Vormund, Erziehungsberechtigter, Erziehungsberechtigte
- Italian: tutore, tutrice
- Portuguese: guardião
- Russian: опеку́н
- Spanish: apoderado, tutor, custodio
- French: curateur, curatrice, tuteur, tutrice
- German: Betreuer
- Portuguese: guardião
- Russian: опеку́н
- Spanish: apoderado
Guardian
Proper noun
- (newspapers) A British daily national newspaper.
- Russian: Гардиан
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