guardian

See also: Guardian and guardián

English

Etymology

From Middle English gardein, garden, (also wardein, > Modern English warden), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  guardein, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French *guardian, gardein, garden, *gardenc, from the verb guarder, of (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  origin. Compare French gardien. Doublet of warden.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑɹdi.ən/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑːdɪən/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dɪən

Noun

guardian (plural guardians)

1. Someone who guards, watches over, or protects.
   • 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 52:

     ‘As your Senior Tutor, I am your moral guardian,’ he said at last. ‘A moral guardian yearns for an immoral ward and the Lord has provided.’

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

• Azerbaijani: qoruqçu
• Bulgarian: пазител (bg) m (pazitel), блюстител (bg) m (bljustitel)
• Catalan: guardià m, guàrdia (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 監護人／监护人 (zh) (jiānhùrén), 监护人 (zh) (jiānhùrén)

• Czech: strážce (cs)
• Dutch: bewaker (nl) m, wachter (nl) m
• Finnish: vartija (fi), vahti (fi), suojelija (fi), edunvalvoja (fi)
• French: gardien (fr) m
• German: Wächter (de) m, Wache (de) f
• Greek: φύλακας (el) m (fýlakas)

  Ancient: φύλαξ m (phúlax)

• Hungarian: gondnok (hu), őrző (hu)
• Icelandic: verndari m
• Indonesian: pelindung (id)
• Irish: coimirceoir m
• Italian: guardiano (it) m, custode (it) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 保護者 (ja) (ほごしゃ, hogosha)
• Korean: 보호자 (ko) (bohoja)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

• Latin: custōs m or f, curātor (la) m, curātrix f, tutor m, cura (la) f, praeses m
• Maori: kaitiaki
• Occitan: gardian m
• Old English: weard m
• Polish: stróż (pl) m, obrońca (pl) m, strażnik (pl) m
• Portuguese: guardião (pt) m, guarda (pt) m
• Romanian: gardian (ro) m, paznic (ro) m, strajă (ro) f, străjer (ro) m, păzitor (ro) m
• Russian: стра́ж (ru) m (stráž), храни́тель (ru) m (xranítelʹ), храни́тельница (ru) f (xranítelʹnica), защи́тник (ru) m (zaščítnik), защи́тница (ru) f (zaščítnica)
• Serbo-Croatian: skrbnik (sh) m, skrbkinja f, hranitelj (sh), zaštitnik (sh), čuvar (sh) m
• Slovak: strážca, strážkyňa
• Spanish: guardián (es) m, guardia (es) m
• Swedish: väktare (sv) c
• Ukrainian: охоро́нець m (oxorónecʹ)
• Uzbek: qoʻriqchi (uz)

law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis

• Arabic: وَلِي أَمْر m (walī ʔamr)
• Bulgarian: настойник (bg) m (nastojnik), опекун m (opekun)
• Catalan: tutor (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 監護人／监护人 (zh) (jiānhùrén), 监护人 (zh) (jiānhùrén)

• Czech: poručník (cs)
• Dutch: voogd (nl) m, voogdes (nl) f
• Faroese: verji m
• Finnish: huoltaja (fi), edunvalvoja (fi)
• French: tuteur (fr) m
• German: Vormund (de) m, Erziehungsberechtigter (de) m, Erziehungsberechtigte (de) f
• Greek: κηδεμόνας (el) c (kidemónas)

  Ancient: κηδεμών m (kēdemṓn)

• Hungarian: gyám (hu), gondozó (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Icelandic: fjárhaldsmaður m
• Indonesian: wali (id)
• Italian: tutore (it) m
• Japanese: 保護者 (ja) (ほごしゃ, hogosha)
• Latin: tūtor m
• Luxembourgish: Momper m
• Polish: opiekun (pl) m
• Portuguese: guardião (pt) m
• Russian: опеку́н (ru) m (opekún), кура́тор (ru) m (kurátor), попечи́тель (ru) m (popečítelʹ), попечи́тельница (ru) f (popečítelʹnica)
• Serbo-Croatian: staratelj (sh) m, staralac m, hranitelj (sh) m
• Slovak: poručník, poručníčka
• Spanish: apoderado (es) m, tutor (es) m, custodio (es) m
• Swedish: målsman (sv) c
• Thai: ผู้ปกครอง (th) (pûu-bpòk-krɔɔng)

law: person responsible for incompetent person

• Bulgarian: попечител (bg) m (popečitel)
• Finnish: edunvalvoja (fi)
• French: tuteur (fr) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: κηδεμών m (kēdemṓn)

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: tūtor m
• Portuguese: guardião (pt) m
• Russian: опеку́н (ru) m (opekún)
• Slovak: poručník, poručníčka
• Spanish: apoderado (es) m
• Thai: ผู้พิทักษ์, ผู้อนุบาล

superior in a Franciscan monastery

• Czech: kvardián
• Finnish: apotti (fi)
• German: Guardian (de) m
• Italian: guardiano (it) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: guardianus m
• Polish: gwardian (pl) m
• Spanish: guardián (es) m

final video game enemy

• Finnish: päävihollinen
• French: boss (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: chefão (pt) m
• Spanish: jefe (es) m

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• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 후견인 (ko) (hugyeonin)
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Middle French

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 

Noun

guardian m (plural guardians)

1. guardian; protector