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GUARDIAN
defender, guardian, protector, shielder
(noun) a person who cares for persons or property
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Guardian
(newspapers) A British daily national newspaper.
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Etymology
Noun
guardian (plural guardians)
Someone who guards, watches over, or protects.
(legal) A person legally responsible for a minor (in loco parentis).
(legal) A person legally responsible for an incompetent person.
A superior in a Franciscan monastery.
(video games) A major or final enemy; boss.
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Source: Wiktionary
Guard"i*an, n. Etym: [OF. guardain, gardien, F. gardien, LL. guardianus. See Guard, v. t., and cf. Wasden.]
1. One who guards, preserves, or secures; one to whom any person or thing is committed for protection, security, or preservation from injury; a warden.
2. (Law)
Definition: One who has, or is entitled to, the custody of the person or property of an infant, a minor without living parents, or a person incapable of managing his own affairs. Of the several species of guardians, the first are guardians by nature.
– viz., the father and (in some cases) the mother of the child. Blockstone. Guardian ad litem ( (Law), a guardian appointed by a court of justice to conduct a particular suit.
– Guardians of the poor, the members of a board appointed or elected to care for the relief of the poor within a township, or district.
Guard"i*an, a.
Definition: Performing, or appropriate to, the office of a protector; as, a guardian care. Feast of Guardian Angels (R. C. Ch.) a church festival instituted by Pope Paul V., and celebrated on October 2d.
– Guardian angel. (a) The particular spiritual being believed in some branches of the Christian church to have guardianship and protection of each human being from birth. (b) Hence, a protector or defender in general. O. W. Holmes.
– Guardian spirit, in the belief of many pagan nations, a spirit, often of a deceased relative or friend, that presides over the interests of a household, a city, or a region.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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