guardian
UK/ˈɡɑː.dɪ.ən//ˈɡɑɹ.di.ən/
guardian noun: someone who guards, watches over, or protects.
Noun
guardian (plural guardians)
- 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
- I always had a suspicion that Calico, with his blend of simple faith and gipsy blood, had violated a temple, or looted a shrine, to save his son's life, and that the guardians of the relic tracked him and revenged the outrage.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC
- A person legally responsible for a minor (in loco parentis).
- A person legally responsible for an incompetent person.
- A superior in a Franciscan monastery.
- A major or final enemy; boss.
- Secret weak points of bosses/guardians.1993, Zach Meston, J. Douglas Arnold, Awesome Super Nintendo Secrets 2
- 'if you tell me how to find the secret door in level three, I'll tell you how to defeat the end of level guardian'2004, James Newman, Videogames
- A servicemember of the United States Space Force.
Proper noun capitalized: Guardian
The Guardian
- A British daily national newspaper.
guardian meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
guardian in Hindi
- law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
- अभिरक्षक abhirakṣak
- law: person responsible for incompetent person
- अभिभावक abhibhāvak
- guard or watcher
- चौकीदार caukīdār, पहरी pahrī
guardian in Tamil
- காப்பாளர், பாது காப்பாளர், முதுகண், பாதுகாப்பாளர, பேணுநர், முகண்
guardian in Urdu
- guardian
- حافظ hāfiz
guardian in Bengali
- law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
- অভিভাবক obhibhabok
- guard or watcher
- রক্ষী rokkhi, মহাফেজ mohaphej
More languagesFewer languages
- guardian in Telugu
- సంరక్షకుడు
- guardian in Malayalam
- രക്ഷാകർത്താവ് rakṣākaṟttāvŭ, നാഥൻ nāthaṉ
- guardian in Kannada
- ಸಾಕುಗ, ನೋಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವವನು, ಸಂರಕ್ಷಕ, ಪೋಷಕ
- guardian in Punjabi
- ਨਿਗ੍ਹਾਬਾਨ nighābān
- guardian in Gujarati
- પાલક pālak
- guardian in Sanskrit
- गोप्तृ goptṛ
- guardian in Nepali
- संरक्षक, गार्डियन
- guardian in Tagalog
- tagabantay
- guardian in Arabic
- وَلِي أَمْر walī ʔamr, حَافِظ ḥāfiẓ, حَارِس ḥāris
- guardian in Indonesian
- wali, pelindung
- guardian in Thai
- ผู้ปกครอง pûu-bpòk-krɔɔng, ผู้พิทักษ์, ผู้อนุบาล
- Kashmiri
- روچھ rōch, رٲچھدَر rạ̄chdar, پاسبان pāsbān
Examples of guardian in a sentence
- I think your guardian angel was working overtime this week. You're lucky to be unscathed.
- The guy who came upon the accident scene was my guardian angel. He doused the flames and called the paramedics.
- A: What a guardian angel that guy was to so many people. B: Yup. They don't make them like that anymore.
Forms of guardian
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Origin of guardian
From Middle English gardein, garden, (also wardein, > Modern English warden), from Old French guardein, from the verb guarder, of Germanic origin. Compare French gardien. Doublet of warden. By surface analysis, guard + -ian.
Words formed from guardian
- Grauniad
- Guardianista
- coguardian
- Earth Guardian
- gate guardian
- guard
- guardenage
- guardian ad litem
- guardianage
- guardian angel
- Guardian Cap
- guardian cell
- guardiancy
- Guardianesque
- guardianess
- guardianless
- guardianlike
- guardian lion
- guardianly
- guardian of the peace
- guardianship
- testamentary guardian
- underguardian
Phrases with guardian
Words that rhyme with guardian
Questions about guardian
- What does guardian mean?
- Guardian means someone who guards, watches over, or protects.
- What is guardian in Hindi?
- Guardian in Hindi is अभिरक्षक (abhirakṣak), अभिभावक (abhibhāvak), चौकीदार (caukīdār). See Guardian meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is guardian?
- Guardian can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce guardian?
- Guardian is pronounced /ˈɡɑː.dɪ.ən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of guardian?
- The plural of guardian is guardians.
Words near guardian in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: guardian (page history and authors); Guardian (page history and authors); guardian (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); حافظ (Urdu) (page history and authors); guardian (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); നാഥൻ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); guardian (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); પાલક (Gujarati) (page history and authors); guardian (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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