guardian

Meanings

1. 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. 2
   noun

   A major or final enemy; boss.

   Secret weak points of bosses/guardians.

3. 3
   noun

   a person who cares for persons or property

4. 4
   noun

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

Common collocations

• guardian angel Noun + noun

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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