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gardian

gardian is the obsolete form of guardian.

Meaning of guardian

Noun

guardian (plural guardians)

  1. Someone who guards, watches over, or protects.
    • 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[…]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
  2. A person legally responsible for a minor (in loco parentis).
  3. A person legally responsible for an incompetent person.
  4. A superior in a Franciscan monastery.
  5. A major or final enemy; boss.
    • Secret weak points of bosses/guardians.1993, Zach Meston, J. Douglas Arnold, Awesome Super Nintendo Secrets 2
  6. (US) A servicemember of the United States Space Force.

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Forms of gardian

pluralgardians

Questions about gardian

What is gardian the obsolete form of?
Gardian is the obsolete form of guardian.

Words near gardian in the dictionary

  1. gardevin
  2. gardevins
  3. Gardham
  4. Gardhams
  5. gardi
  6. gardian
  7. gardians
  8. gardie
  9. gardies
  10. gardimycin
  11. Gardin

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