guardian (Meaning)

Wordnet

guardian (n)

a person who cares for persons or property

Webster

guardian (v. t.)

One who guards, preserves, or secures; one to whom any person or thing is committed for protection, security, or preservation from injury; a warden.

One who has, or is entitled to, the custody of the person or property of an infant, a minor without living parents, or a person incapable of managing his own affairs.

Webster

guardian (a.)

Performing, or appropriate to, the office of a protector; as, a guardian care.

FAQs About the word guardian

a person who cares for persons or propertyOne who guards, preserves, or secures; one to whom any person or thing is committed for protection, security, or prese

guard, keeper,custodian, sentinel, warden, lookout, watch, picket, sentry, watchman

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As the guardian of his young nephew, he assumed responsibility for his care and well-being.

The wise old tree stood as a guardian of the forest, its towering limbs protecting the ecosystem.

Parents are the primary guardians of their children's health and safety.

The law appointed a legal guardian to manage the affairs of the elderly woman suffering from dementia.