guarder

English

Etymology

From guard +‎ -er.

School slang relates to Stonyhurst College in the United Kingdom.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑːdə/
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)də(ɹ)

Noun

guarder (plural guarders)

A person who guards; a guard.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 27, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
  they found themselves in view of the town, whence the night before they had hoised sailes, where they were pursued by the guarders and Souldiers of the Port.
(school slang, soccer) A goalkeeper.
- 1914 February, “Hodder Notes”, in The Stonyhurst Magazine‎^[1], volume 13, number 192, archived from the original on 1 July 2024, page 819:
  The Hodder Football is very good this year, and we have an excellent team. Hammond is a good guarder and can save some very difficult shots.

Derived terms

(goalkeeper): second-guarder, third-guarder
coast guarder

References

(goalkeeper): John S[tephen] Farmer; W[illiam] E[rnest] Henley, compilers (1890–1904), “guarder”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII or 1 to 7), [London: […] Harrison and Sons] […], →OCLC, page 104.

Anagrams

duergar, reguard

Middle French

Verb

guarder

alternative form of garder (“to protect; to guard”)

Conjugation

Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of guarder

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	guarder
present participle¹ or gerund²	simple	guardant
present participle¹ or gerund²	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		guardé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	guarde	guardes	guarde	guardons	guardez	guardent
	imperfect	guardois, guardoys	guardois, guardoys	guardoit, guardoyt	guardions, guardyons	guardiez, guardyez	guardoient, guardoyent
	past historic	guarda	guardas	guarda	guardasmes	guardastes	guarderent
	future	guarderai, guarderay	guarderas	guardera	guarderons	guarderez	guarderont
	conditional	guarderois, guarderoys	guarderois, guarderoys	guarderoit, guarderoyt	guarderions, guarderyons	guarderiez, guarderyez	guarderoient, guarderoyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	guarde	guardes	guarde	guardons	guardez	guardent
(simple tenses)	imperfect	guardasse	guardasses	guardast	guardassions	guardassiez	guardassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	guarde	—	guardons	guardez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
¹ The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
² The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Old French

Alternative forms

garder, gardir, gardier, warder, wardir

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin wardāre.

Verb

guarder

to protect; to guard
to look at

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-d, *-ds, *-dt are modified to t, z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Conjugation of guarder (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		guarder			avoir guardé
gerund		en guardant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		guardant
past participle		guardé
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	guart	guardes	guarde	guardons	guardez	guardent
	imperfect	guardoie, guardeie, guardoe, guardeve	guardoies, guardeies, guardoes, guardeves	guardoit, guardeit, guardot, guardeve	guardiiens, guardiens	guardiiez, guardiez	guardoient, guardeient, guardoent, guardevent
	preterite	guardai	guardas	guarda	guardames	guardastes	guarderent
	future	guarderai	guarderas	guardera	guarderons	guarderoiz, guardereiz, guarderez	guarderont
	conditional	guarderoie, guardereie	guarderoies, guardereies	guarderoit, guardereit	guarderiiens, guarderiens	guarderiiez, guarderiez	guarderoient, guardereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	guart	guarz	guart	guardons	guardez	guardent
simple tenses	imperfect	guardasse	guardasses	guardast	guardissons, guardissiens	guardissoiz, guardissez, guardissiez	guardassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
imperative		—	guarde	—	guardons	guardez	—

Derived terms

Descendants

Bourguignon: gadier, gadai
Champenois: vadya, warder
Franc-Comtois: gaidjai, vădjaî, voidjaie
Middle French: garder, guarder
- French: garder
Norman: garder, gardaïr (Guernsey)
Old Lorrain: warzer
- Lorrain: vadya
Picard: wardeu (Artésien)
Walloon: aurder (Charleroi), aurdè (Forrières), wårder (Liégeois)
→ Middle English: guard
- English: guard

References

Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “garder”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.
“garder”, in Anglo-Norman Dictionary, 2nd edition, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: Aberystwyth University, 2001–2026.