'Guardian' definitions:
Definition of 'guardian'
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Definition of 'Guardian'
From: GCIDE
- Guardian \Guard"i*an\ (g[aum]rd"[i^]*an or g[aum]rd"yan; 106), a. Performing, or appropriate to, the office of a protector; as, a guardian care. [1913 Webster]
- Feast of Guardian Angels (R. C. Ch.) a church festival instituted by Pope Paul V., and celebrated on October 2d.
- Guardian angel. (a) The particular spiritual being believed in some branches of the Christian church to have guardianship and protection of each human being from birth. (b) Hence, a protector or defender in general. --O. W. Holmes.
- Guardian spirit, in the belief of many pagan nations, a spirit, often of a deceased relative or friend, that presides over the interests of a household, a city, or a region. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Guardian'
From: GCIDE
- Guardian \Guard"i*an\, n. [OF. guardain, gardien, F. gardien, LL. guardianus. See Guard, v. t., and cf. Wasden.]
- 1. One who guards, preserves, or secures; one to whom any person or thing is committed for protection, security, or preservation from injury; a warden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Law) One who has, or is entitled to, the custody of the person or property of an infant, a minor without living parents, or a person incapable of managing his own affairs. [1913 Webster]
- Of the several species of guardians, the first are guardians by nature. -- viz., the father and (in some cases) the mother of the child. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
- Guardian ad litem(Law), a guardian appointed by a court of justice to conduct a particular suit.
- Guardians of the poor, the members of a board appointed or elected to care for the relief of the poor within a township, or district. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'guardian'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- MC,
- 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