guardian
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di noun
1.
a person who guards, protects, or preserves.
2.
Law. a person who is entrusted by law with the care of the person or property, or both, of another, as a minor or someone legally incapable of managing his or her own affairs.
3.
the superior of a Franciscan convent.
adjective
4.
guarding; protecting: a guardian deity.
Related forms
guard·i·an·less, adjective
un·der·guard·i·an, noun
Synonyms
1. protector, defender.
1. protector, defender.
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| —n | |
| 1. | one who looks after, protects, or defends: the guardian of public morals |
| 2. | a. law someone legally appointed to manage the affairs of a person incapable of acting for himself, as a minor or person of unsound mind |
| b. social welfare (in England) a local authority, or person accepted by it, named under the Mental Health Act 1983 as having the powers to require a mentally disordered person to live at a specified place, attend for treatment, and be accessible to a doctor or social worker | |
| 3. | (often capital) (in England) another word for custos |
| —adj | |
| 4. | protecting or safeguarding |
| 'guardianship | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
Avarice is the parent of evil deeds, but frugality is the sure guardian of our virtues.
Access an application form for corporate guardian status and directories of approved corporate guardians.
On the contrary, he was their enemy's enemy and thus their friend, emancipator and guardian.
You're an excuse for a guardian to kids who were bullied.
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