Guardian Definition
gärdē-ən
guardians
noun
guardians
A person who guards, protects, or takes care of another person, property, etc.; custodian.
Webster's New World
A person legally placed in charge of the affairs of a minor or of a person of unsound mind.
Webster's New World
A superior in a Franciscan monastery.
Wiktionary
An individual designated by law to care for another’s person and property because of the former’s incompetence to make his or her own decisions.
Webster's New World Law
pronoun
(newspapers) A British daily national newspaper.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Guardian
Noun
Singular:
guardian
Plural:
guardiansOrigin of Guardian
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From Anglo-Norman guardein, from Old French *guardian, gardein, garden, *gardenc, from the verb guarder, of Germanic origin. Compare French gardien. See also the English doublet warden.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English gardein from Anglo-Norman from Old French gardien from alteration of gardenc from garder to guard guard
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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