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1. (n.) guardian
a person who guards, protects, or preserves.
2. guardian
a person legally entrusted with the care of another's person or property, as that of a minor or someone legally incapacitated.
3. (adj.) guardian
guarding; protecting:
a guardian deity.
Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME gardein < AF. See warden)
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1. (noun) defender, guardian, protector, shielder
a person who cares for persons or property
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1. (noun) guardian
sb who is legally in charge of a child or possessions of sb who has died
The court appointed them as guardians.
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1. (adj) guardian
performing, or appropriate to, the office of a protector; as, a guardian care
2. (verb) guardian
one who guards, preserves, or secures; one to whom any person or thing is committed for protection, security, or preservation from injury; a warden
3. (verb) guardian
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
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Sense: 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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 Afrikaans: voog |
 Arabic: وَصي، وَلي أمْر |
 Bulgarian: попечител |
 Brazilian: tutor |
 Czech: poručník |
 German: der Vormund |
 Danish: værge |
 Greek: κηδεμόνας |
 Spanish: tutor |
 Estonian: hooldaja |
 Farsi: قیم |
 Finnish: holhooja |
 French: tuteur/-trice |
 Hebrew: אַפּוֹטרוֹפּוּס, מִשמוֹרֶ |
 Hindi: संरक्षक |
 Croatian: skrbnik |
 Hungarian: gyám |
 Indonesian: wali |
 Icelandic: forráðamaður |
 Italian: tutore, tutrice |
 Japanese: 後見人 |
 Korean: 후견인 |
 Lithuanian: globėjas |
 Latvian: aizbildnis |
 Malay: penjaga |
 Dutch: voogd |
 Norwegian: formynder, verge |
 Polish: opiekun |
 Persian: قیم |
 Pashto: ساتونكى، څارونكى: محافظه: |
 Portuguese: tutor |
 Romanian: tutore |
 Russian: опекун |
 Slovak: poručník, -čka |
 Slovenian: skrbnik |
 Serbian: staratelj |
 Swedish: förmyndare, vårdnadshavar |
 Thai: ผู้ปกครอง |
 Turkish: vasi, veli |
 Taiwanese: 保護人, 監護人 |
 Ukrainian: опікун; попечитель |
 Urdu: محافظ، سرپرست |
 Vietnamese: người giám hộ |
 Chinese: 保护人，监护人 |
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