guardian

B1 Topic:People & Society

US /ˈɡɑɹ.di.ən/ UK /ˈɡɑː.dɪ.ən/ See IPA manual

Freq #4373

Meanings

1

noun
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[…].
2

noun
A major or final enemy; boss.

Secret weak points of bosses/guardians.
3

noun
a person who cares for persons or property
4

noun
A person legally responsible for a minor (in loco parentis).

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Synonyms

3 noun · a person who cares for... defender

Word family

Forms guardians

Derived forms coguardianguardguardenageguardianageguardiancyguardianesqueguardianessguardianlessguardianlikeguardianlyguardianshipunderguardian

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Phrases (1)

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guardian angel
an angel believed to watch over and protect a particular person

Noun + noun

Etymology

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.

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People & Society

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# guardian

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈɡɑɹ.di.ən/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɡɑː.dɪ.ən/
**Frequency rank:** 4373

## Meanings
1. Someone who guards, watches over, or protects.
2. A major or final enemy; boss.
3. a person who cares for persons or property
4. A person legally responsible for a minor (in loco parentis).

## Examples
- 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[…].
- Secret weak points of bosses/guardians.

## Derived Forms
- coguardian
- guard
- guardenage
- guardianage
- guardiancy
- guardianesque
- guardianess
- guardianless
- guardianlike
- guardianly
- guardianship
- underguardian

## Etymology
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.

## Topics
- People & Society

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