Associations to the word «Guardian»

Wiktionary

GUARDIAN, noun. Someone who guards, watches over, or protects.
GUARDIAN, noun. (legal) A person legally responsible for a minor (in loco parentis).
GUARDIAN, noun. (legal) A person legally responsible for an incompetent person.
GUARDIAN, noun. A superior in a Franciscan monastery.
GUARDIAN, noun. (video games) A major or final enemy; boss.
GUARDIAN, proper noun. (newspapers) A British daily national newspaper.
GUARDIAN AD LITEM, noun. An individual (often a lawyer) appointed to represent the best interests of a child or incapacitated person for the purpose of a legal procedure.
GUARDIAN ANGEL, noun. A spirit believed to protect and to guide a particular person; a genius
GUARDIAN ANGELS, noun. Plural of guardian angel
GUARDIAN OF THE PEACE, noun. (Ireland) (informal) A police officer.

Dictionary definition

GUARDIAN, noun. A person who cares for persons or property.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King