'Guardian angel' definitions:
Definition of 'guardian angel'
From: WordNet
noun
An angel believed to have special affection for a particular individual [syn: guardian spirit, guardian angel]
Definition of 'Guardian angel'
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]
Synonyms of 'guardian angel'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- air warden,
- ancestral spirits,
- angel,
- attendant,
- attendant godling,
- caretaker,
- castellan,
- conservator,
- control,
- curator,
- custodian,
- daemon,
- demon,
- fairy godmother,
- familiar,
- familiar spirit,
- forest ranger,
- game warden,
- gamekeeper,
- genius,
- genius domus,
- genius loci,
- good angel,
- good genius,
- governor,
- guardian,
- guardian spirit,
- guide,
- household gods,
- invisible helper,
- janitor,
- keeper,
- lares and penates,
- lares compitales,
- lares familiaris,
- lares permarini,
- lares praestites,
- lares viales,
- lifeguard,
- lifesaver,
- manes,
- ministering angel,
- next friend,
- numen,
- penates,
- prochein ami,
- ranger,
- shepherd,
- special providence,
- steward,
- totem,
- tutelar god,
- tutelary,
- warden,
- warder