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Guardian

//ˈɡɑɹ.di.ən// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A British daily national newspaper.
Noun
  1. 1
    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
    a person who cares for persons or property wordnet
  3. 3
    A person legally responsible for a minor (in loco parentis).
  4. 4
    A person legally responsible for an incompetent person.
  5. 5
    A superior in a Franciscan monastery.
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  1. 6
    A major or final enemy; boss.

    "Secret weak points of bosses/guardians."

  2. 7
    A servicemember of the United States Space Force. US

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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