custodial, tutelary, tutelar
(adjective) providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding; “daycare that is educational and not just custodial”; “a guardian angel”; “tutelary gods”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tutelar (comparative more tutelar, superlative most tutelar)
Serving as a guardian; protective; tutelary.
• protective
• tutelaric (rare), tutelary
tutelar (plural tutelars)
One that is tutelary.
• guardian
• protector
• tutelary
Source: Wiktionary
Tu"te*lar, Tu"te*la*ry, a. Etym: [L. tutelaris: cf. F. tutélaire. See Tutelage.]
Definition: Having the guardianship or charge of protecting a person or a thing; guardian; protecting; as, tutelary goddesses. This, of all advantages, is the greatest . . . the most tutelary of morals. Landor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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