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

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

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.

• 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

• German: Guardian
• Italian: guardiano
• Portuguese: guardião
• Spanish: guardián

• French: boss
• Portuguese: chefão
• Spanish: jefe

1. (newspapers) A British daily national newspaper.

• Russian: Гардиан