guardian

See also Guardian, and guardián

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dɪən

Noun

guardian (plural guardians)

1. Someone who guards, watches over, or protects.
2. (law) A person legally responsible for a minor (in loco parentis).
3. (law) A person legally responsible for an incompetent person.
4. A superior in a Franciscan monastery.
5. (video games) A major or final enemy; boss.
   • 1993, Zach Meston, J. Douglas Arnold, Awesome Super Nintendo Secrets 2

     Secret weak points of bosses/guardians.

   • 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'

Derived terms

• guardian angel
• guardianship
• guard

Translations

guard or watcher

• Czech: strážce (cs)
• Dutch: bewaker (nl) m, wachter (nl) m
• Finnish: vartija (fi), vahti (fi), suojelija (fi)
• French: gardien (fr) m
• German: Wächter (de) m, Wache (de) f
• Greek: φύλακας (el) (fýlakas) m
• Icelandic: verndari (is) m
• Indonesian: pelindung (id)
• Irish: coimirceoir (ga) m
• Italian: guardiano (it) m, custode (it) m

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: پاڕێزگار

• Latin: custos (la) m and f
• Occitan: gardian (oc) m
• Polish: stróż (pl) m, obrońca (pl) m, strażnik (pl) m
• Russian: страж (ru) (stráž) m, хранитель (ru) (χranít'el') m, защитник (ru) (zaščítnik) m
• Serbo-Croatian: skrbnik m, skrbkinja f, hranitelj, zaštitnik, čuvar m
• Spanish: guardia (es) m
• Swedish: väktare (sv) n

law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis

• Czech: poručník (cs)
• Dutch: voogd m, voogdes f
• Finnish: huoltaja (fi), edunvalvoja (fi)
• French: tuteur (fr) m
• German: Vormund m, Erziehungsberechtigter m, Erziehungsberechtigte f
• Greek: κηδεμόνας (el) (kidemónas) c
• Icelandic: fjárhaldsmaður (is) m
• Indonesian: wali (id)

• Italian: tutore (it) m
• Luxembourgish: Momper (lb) m
• Polish: opiekun (pl) m
• Russian: опекун (ru) (op'ekún) m, куратор (ru) (kurátor) m, попечитель (ru) (pop'ečít'el') m
• Serbo-Croatian: staratelj (sh) m, staralac (sh) m, hranitelj (sh) m
• Spanish: apoderado (es) m
• Swedish: målsman (sv) n

law: person responsible for incompetent person

• Finnish: edunvalvoja (fi)
• French: tuteur (fr) m

• Spanish: apoderado (es) m

superior in a Franciscan monastery

• Czech: kvardián (cs)
• Finnish: apotti (fi)

• Italian: padre guardiano m, guardiano m

final video enemy

• Finnish: päävihollinen (fi)
• French: boss (fr) m

• Spanish: jefe (es) m

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Translations to be checked

• Catalan: (1) guardià, guàrdia m, (2) tutor m
• Mandarin: 監護人, 监护人
• Japanese: 保護者
• Korean: 후견인
• Kurdish: zêrevan, pasevan, parêzvan, nobedar, nêrevan, gard, heres, pasdar
• Spanish: (1) guardián m, (2) tutor, custodio m

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Middle French

Etymology

Old French, from Frankish

Noun

guardian m (plural guardians)

1. guardian; protector