guardian

pronunciation

How to pronounce guardian in British English: UK [ˈɡɑːdiən]word uk audio image

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  • Noun:
    a person who cares for persons or property
  • 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

n.

ward

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 .

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