Law. a person who is entrusted by law with the care of the person or property, or both, of another, as a minor or someone legally incapable of managing his or her own affairs.
the superior of a Franciscan convent.
adjective
guarding; protecting: a guardian deity.
Origin of guardian
1375–1425; late Middle English gardein<Anglo-French. See warden
SYNONYMS FOR guardian
1 protector, defender.
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pronunciation note for guardian
Guardian is occasionally pronounced with two syllables and with stress on the final syllable: [gahr-deen]. /gɑrˈdin/. This pronunciation is now most characteristic of older, less educated speakers.
According to a ticket seller who spoke to The Guardian, the site still receives only 10 visitors a day, on average.
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Down 29 percent since 2005, according to a Guardian survey of book authors.
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“I laid out there for two and a half hours and my guardian angel showed up—rapper T.I.,” Stapp told MTV News.
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In the same interview with the Guardian, he started a diplomatic war with South Africa.
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They say The Guardian has been dragging its feet on the pursuit of NSA-related stories while keeping the Times on a short leash.
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Through them their master acted as the guardian of the young king and the suzerain of the kingdom.
The English Church in the Middle Ages|William Hunt
Are your cares as a guardian wearing on your nerves, and bringing a need of stimulants?
That Girl Montana|Marah Ellis Ryan
She had been lately left a widow by her husband, with the office of guardian to their only child.
Red Gauntlet|Sir Walter Scott
"My guardian is very much interested in him," Miss Woodruff went on.
Tante|Anne Douglas Sedgwick
Through the woods to the right, by paths nearer yet to the far-flung Federal front, paced ten guardian squadrons.
The Long Roll|Mary Johnston
British Dictionary definitions for guardian
guardian
/ (ˈɡɑːdɪən) /
noun
one who looks after, protects, or defendsthe guardian of public morals
lawsomeone legally appointed to manage the affairs of a person incapable of acting for himself, as a minor or person of unsound mind
social welfare(in England) a local authority, or person accepted by it, named under the Mental Health Act 1983 as having the powers to require a mentally disordered person to live at a specified place, attend for treatment, and be accessible to a doctor or social worker
(often capital) (in England) another word for custos