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guardianless

guardianless adjective: without a guardian.

Adjective

guardianless (not comparable)

  1. Without a guardian.
    • […] I would ſooner leaue my lady ſingled in a Bordello, then in the Genoa pallace, […] Surfet would cloake intemperate appetite, / Make the ſoule ſent the rotten breath of luſt, / When in an Italian laſciuious Pallace, a Lady gardianleſſe.c. 1603 (date written), Iohn Marston, The Malcontent, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for William Aspley, […], published 1604, →OCLC, Act III, scene ii

Origin of guardianless

From guardian + -less.

Questions about guardianless

What does guardianless mean?
Guardianless means without a guardian.
What part of speech is guardianless?
Guardianless is an adjective.

Words near guardianless in the dictionary

  1. Guardianesque
  2. guardianess
  3. guardianesses
  4. Guardianista
  5. Guardianistas
  6. guardianless
  7. guardianlike
  8. guardianly
  9. guardians
  10. guardians ad litem
  11. guardians of the peace

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