guardian
pronunciation
How to pronounce guardian in British English: UK [ˈɡɑːdiən]
How to pronounce guardian in American English: US [ˈɡɑːrdiən]
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- Noun:
- a person who cares for persons or property
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- Adjective:
- providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding
Word Origin
- guardian (n.)
- "one who guards," early 14c., garden; early 15c., gardein, from Anglo-French gardein (late 13c.), Old French gardien "keeper, custodian," earlier guarden, from Frankish *warding-, from the Germanic source of guard (v.). Specific legal sense is from 1510s. Guardian angel is from 1630s.
Antonym
Example
- 1. One day he offered to become our guardian .
- 2. He must be a business partner and a guardian of corporate integrity .
- 3. Soon she had her own guardian , and marla seldom saw her .
- 4. The euro 's monetary guardian had been given just one main objective : controlling inflation .
- 5. The will appoints mr. jackson 's mother , katherine jackson , guardian of his three children .