Guardian

Noun

 * 1) Someone who guards, watches over, or protects.
 * 2)  A person legally responsible for a minor (in loco parentis).
 * 3)  A person legally responsible for an incompetent person.
 * 4) A superior in a Franciscan monastery.
 * 5)  A major or final enemy; boss.
 * 6) * 1993, Zach Meston, J. Douglas Arnold, Awesome Super Nintendo Secrets 2
 * Secret weak points of bosses/guardians.
 * 1) * 2004, James Newman, Videogames
 * 'if you tell me how to find the secret door in level three, I'll tell you how to defeat the end of level guardian'

Adjectives for Guardian
ghostlike; gloomy-winged; particular; faithful; wary; fearless; dissembling; glistering; zealous; legal; appointed; temporary; greedy.

Verbs for Guardian
appoint—; choose—; commit to—; employ—; entrust—; necessitate—; respect—; — administers; —defends; —executes; —governs; —guides; —manages; —performs; — preserves; —protects;  —supervises;  — watches.

Synonyms for Guardian
trustee, protector, advisor, bodyguard, keeper, insuror, foster parent, chaperon, sentry, warden.

Derived terms

 * guardian angel
 * guardianship
 * guard

Thesaurus
MC, air warden, ancestral spirits, angel, attendant, attendant godling, attorney, bailiff, bull, butler, caretaker, castellan, cerberus, champion, commandant, conservator, control, covering, croupier, curator, custodial, custodian, custos, daemon, defender, defensive, demon, emcee, factor, fairy godmother, familiar, familiar spirit, forest ranger, fostering, game warden, gamekeeper, gaoler, genius, genius domus, genius loci, good angel, good genius, governor, guard, guardian angel, guardian spirit, guarding, guide, household gods, housekeeper, immunizing, invisible helper, jailer, janitor, keeper, landreeve, lares and penates, lares compitales, lares familiaris, lares permarini, lares praestites, lares viales, librarian, lifeguard, lifesaver, majordomo, manes, master of ceremonies, ministering angel, next friend, numen, paladin, parental, penates, preserver, preventive, principal keeper, prison guard, prochein ami, proctor, procurator, prophylactic, protecting, protective, protector, ranger, safeguarding, screening, screw, seneschal, sheltering, shepherd, shielding, special providence, steward, totem, trustee, turnkey, tutelar god, tutelary, vigilant, warden, warder, watchdog, watchful

Etymology
guardein:, *undefined:

Translations

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 * Greek:
 * Irish: coimirceoir
 * Italian: ,


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 * Serbian: skrbnik, skrbkinja , hranitelj, zaštitnik, čuvar
 * Swedish: väktare


 * Dutch: voogd, voogdes
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: Vormund, Erziehungsberechtigter , Erziehungsberechtigte
 * Greek:
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 * Polish:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Serbian:, ,
 * Swedish: målsman


 * Finnish:


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 * Italian: padre guardiano, guardiano


 * French:


 * : 1: guardià, guàrdia, 2: tutor
 * : 監護人, 监护人
 * : 保護者
 * : 후견인
 * : zêrevan, pasevan, parêzvan, nobedar, nêrevan, gard, heres, pasdar
 * : 1: guardián, 2: tutor, custodio

Anagrams

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Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) ; protector