Definitions for guardian

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guardian guard·i·an

Spelling: [gahr-dee-uh n]

IPA: /ˈgɑr di ən/

Guardian is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 265 anagrams from letters in guardian (aadginru).

Definitions for guardian

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

1. guarding; protecting:

Origin of guardian

1375-1425; late Middle English gardein Anglo-French. See warden

Examples for guardian

Could it be that Agnes, her guardian angel, was angry in the knowledge that she was happy?

My guardian, John Gilman, is engaged to marry my sister Eileen.

According to a ticket seller who spoke to The guardian, the site still receives only 10 visitors a day, on average.

My physician and my guardian, not knowing what else to do with me, sent me abroad.

They say The guardian has been dragging its feet on the pursuit of NSA-related stories while keeping the Times on a short leash.

In the same interview with the guardian, he started a diplomatic war with South Africa.

“I laid out there for two and a half hours and my guardian angel showed up—rapper T.I.,” Stapp told MTV News.

But before that, Katy, I led my guardian into the room, and showed him everything.

Down 29 percent since 2005, according to a guardian survey of book authors.

Let me beseech you, Madam, to be the guardian of my reputation!