guardian.
Someone who guards, watches over, or protects.
Meaning & usage
Someone who guards, watches over, or protects.
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.
A servicemember of the United States Space Force.
Where this word comes from
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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