Definitions for guardianˈgɑr di ən
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
guard•i•anˈgɑr di ən(n.)
a person who guards, protects, or preserves.
a person legally entrusted with the care of another's person or property, as that of a minor or someone legally incapacitated.
Category: Law
(adj.)guarding; protecting:
a guardian deity.
Origin of guardian:
1375–1425; late ME gardein < AF. See warden
guard′i•an•less(adj.)
Princeton's WordNet
defender, guardian, protector, shielder(noun)
a person who cares for persons or property
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
guardian(noun)ˈgɑr di ən
sb who is legally in charge of a child or possessions of sb who has died
The court appointed them as guardians.
Wiktionary
guardian(Noun)
Someone who guards, watches over, or protects.
guardian(Noun)
A person legally responsible for a minor (in loco parentis).
guardian(Noun)
A person legally responsible for an incompetent person.
guardian(Noun)
A superior in a Franciscan monastery.
guardian(Noun)
A major or final enemy; boss.
Guardian(ProperNoun)
A British daily national newspaper.
Origin: guardein, *
Webster Dictionary
Guardian(verb)
one who guards, preserves, or secures; one to whom any person or thing is committed for protection, security, or preservation from injury; a warden
Guardian(verb)
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
Guardian(adj)
performing, or appropriate to, the office of a protector; as, a guardian care
Translations for guardian
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
guardian(noun)
a person who has the legal right to take care of a child (usually an orphan)
He became the child's guardian when her parents died.
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