What does guardian mean?

Definitions for guardian
ˈgɑr di ənguardian

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word guardian.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. defender, guardian, protector, shieldernoun

    a person who cares for persons or property

Wiktionary

  1. guardiannoun

    Someone who guards, watches over, or protects.

  2. guardiannoun

    A person legally responsible for a minor (in loco parentis).

  3. guardiannoun

    A person legally responsible for an incompetent person.

  4. guardiannoun

    A superior in a Franciscan monastery.

  5. guardiannoun

    A major or final enemy; boss.

  6. Guardiannoun

    A British daily national newspaper.

  7. Etymology: guardein, *

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Guardianadjective

    Performing the office of a kind protector or superintendant.

    My charming patroness protects me unseen, like my guardian angel; and shuns my gratitude like a fairy, who is bountiful by stealth, and conceals the giver, when she bestows the gift. John Dryden, Cleomenes. Dedication to.

    Thus shall mankind his guardian care engage,
    The promis’d father of the future age. Alexander Pope, Messiah.

    Mean while Minerva, in her guardian care,
    Shoots from the starry vaults through fields of air. Alexander Pope.

  2. Guardiannoun

    Etymology: gardien, French, from guard.

    I am sorry for her, as I have just cause, being her uncle and her guardian. William Shakespeare, Much Ado about Nothing.

    When perjur’d guardians, proud with impious gains,
    Choak up the streets, too narrow for their trains! Dryden.

    Hocus, with two other of the guardians, thought it their duty to take care of the interest of the three girls. Arbuthnot.

    I gave you all,
    Made you my guardians, my depositaries;
    But kept a reservation to be follow’d
    With such a number. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

    Where is Duncan’s body?
    ———— Carried to Colmeskill,
    The sacred storehouse of his predecessors,
    And guardian of their bones. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

Wikipedia

  1. Guardian

    Guardian is a song by Canadian-American recording artist Alanis Morissette, released as the lead single from her eighth studio album, Havoc and Bright Lights (2012). The song was written by Morissette and Guy Sigsworth, and produced by Sigsworth and Joe Chiccarelli. It is a rock song, where Morissette promises to look after a special someone. The song received positive reviews from music critics, with most of them praising her return and commending its freshness and brightness. The music video was released on July 27, 2012 and it shows Morissette singing on a Berlin rooftop equipped with a set of angel wings and eventually brightens the children and parents she is watching over. The song was a moderate success in some countries, peaking inside the top 20 on the Austrian and Switzerland charts, while reaching number 41 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart and charting on the Billboard's Adult Pop Songs chart. Morissette has promoted the track with live performances, including Dancing with the Stars, The Ellen DeGeneres Show and The View.

ChatGPT

  1. guardian

    A guardian is an individual or entity who is legally appointed and entrusted with the responsibility to care for another person or manage their affairs. This often involves a minor, an individual who is incapable of taking care of themselves due to illness, disability or aging, or someone who is unable to make rational decisions. The guardian's duty may encompass making decisions related to health, finance, education, and personal welfare of the person they are safeguarding.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Guardianverb

    one who guards, preserves, or secures; one to whom any person or thing is committed for protection, security, or preservation from injury; a warden

  2. Guardianverb

    one who has, or is entitled to, the custody of the person or property of an infant, a minor without living parents, or a person incapable of managing his own affairs

  3. Guardianadjective

    performing, or appropriate to, the office of a protector; as, a guardian care

  4. Etymology: [OF. guardain, gardien, F. gardien, LL. guardianus. See Guard, v. t., and cf. Wasden.]

Wikidata

  1. Guardian

    Guardian is an American Christian hard rock/metal band. The band released six studio albums, three additional albums in Spanish—and toured extensively worldwide. There are also numerous compilations, live records and bootlegs available.

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. GUARDIAN

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Guardian is ranked #46219 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Guardian surname appeared 461 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Guardian.

    88.5% or 408 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    6.2% or 29 total occurrences were White.
    4.3% or 20 total occurrences were Asian.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'guardian' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4323

  2. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'guardian' in Nouns Frequency: #1545

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of guardian in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of guardian in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of guardian in a Sentence

  1. Erik Pevernagie:

    The past becomes our second personality. It is our intrinsic safety code, irrespective of a potential love-hate relationship. It may become our guardian angel and protect us from a bleak blind alley, since it knows that “we” know and we know the colors of its cards. Experience is a tough master and knows the tricks of the trade. It teaches us how to play. ( " Not without the past" )

  2. Hassan Rouhani:

    The( Guardian) Council has a supervisory role and not an executive one. The government... has necessary means to prevent election disorders and possible fraud.

  3. Frank Wolf:

    The New York Times called it the beheading of Christians, the Guardian called it that way, [But] the White House said just 21 Egyptians.

  4. Lewisville Police Department:

    We believe in community policing and these three men exemplify how working together can help keep our community safe, thank you for being our other Brothers in Blue and our Green Guardian.

  5. John Sherwin:

    When doctors were consulting with her in regards to her medical care, they weren't doing so through a guardian or someone that had been appointed by the courts. It was in direct contact with Alyssa Gilderhus.

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