# guardian
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English gardein, garden, (also wardein, > Modern English warden), from Old French guardein, from the verb guarder, of Germanic origin. Compare French gardien. Doublet of warden. By surface analysis, guard +‎ -ian.

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈɡɑɹ.di.ən/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɡɑː.dɪ.ən/
* (US, dialectal) IPA: /ˈɡɑɹ.din/ (see guardeen)
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dɪən

### Noun

guardian (plural guardians)
* Someone who guards, watches over, or protects.
** 1791, John Walker, A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary […] ‎, London: Sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinſon, Paternoſter Row; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, →OCLC, page 162:Thoſe who ought to be the guardians of propriety are often the perverters of it. Hence Accidence for Accidents, Prepoſtor for Prepoſitor and Conſtur for Conſtrue […]
** 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, page 52::As your Senior Tutor, I am your moral guardian,’ he said at last. ‘A moral guardian yearns for an immoral ward and the Lord has provided.
* (law) A person legally responsible for a minor (in loco parentis).
* (law) A person legally responsible for an incompetent person.
* A superior in a Franciscan monastery.
* (video games) A major or final enemy; boss.
** 1993, Zach Meston, J. Douglas Arnold, Awesome Super Nintendo Secrets 2:Secret weak points of bosses/guardians.
** 2004, James Newman, Videogames:'if you tell me how to find the secret door in level three, I'll tell you how to defeat the end of level guardian'

#### Derived terms

* Earth Guardian
* gate guardian
* guard
* guardian ad litem
* guardian angel
* guardian of the peace
* guardianship
* testamentary guardian

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: ガーディアン (gādian)

#### Translations

Arabic: حَارِس m (ḥāris)
Azerbaijani: qoruqçu
Belarusian: ахо́ўнiк m (axóŭnik), ахо́ўнiца f (axóŭnica), сто́раж m (stóraž), страж m (straž)
Bengali: রক্ষী (bn) (rokkhi), মহাফেজ (bn) (mohaphej)
Bulgarian: пази́тел (bg) m (pazítel), блюсти́тел (bg) m (bljustítel)
Catalan: guardià (ca) m, guàrdia (ca) m
Cherokee: ᎠᏓᎦᏘᏯ (adagatiya)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 監護人 / 监护人 (zh) (jiānhùrén)
Czech: strážce (cs) m
Dutch: bewaker (nl) m, wachter (nl) m
Egyptian: (jrj)
Finnish: vartija (fi), vahti (fi), suojelija (fi), edunvalvoja (fi)
French: gardien (fr) m
Galician: gardián (gl) m
German: Wächter (de) m, Wache (de) f
Greek: φύλακας (el) m (fýlakas), φρουρός (el) (frourós)
Ancient: φύλαξ m (phúlax)
Hindi: चौकीदार (hi) (caukīdār), पहरी (hi) (pahrī)
Hungarian: gondnok (hu), gondozó (hu), őrző (hu), őr (hu)
Icelandic: verndari m
Indonesian: pelindung (id)
Ingrian: vahti, storoža
Irish: coimirceoir m
Italian: guardiano (it) m, custode (it) m
Japanese: 保護者 (ja) (ほごしゃ, hogosha)
Korean: 보호자(保護者) (ko) (bohoja)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: پاڕێزگار (parrêzgar)
Latin: custōs m or f, curātor (la) m, curātrix f, tutor m, cura (la) f, praeses (la) m
Macedonian: чу́вар m (čúvar), чуварка f (čuvarka), за́штитник m (záštitnik), заштитница f (zaštitnica), стра́жар (mk) m (strážar), стражарка f (stražarka)
Maori: kaitiaki
Occitan: gardian m
Old English: weard m
Polish: stróż (pl) m, obrońca (pl) m, strażnik (pl) m
Portuguese: guardião (pt) m, guarda (pt) m
Punjabi: ਨਿਗ੍ਹਾਬਾਨ m (nighābān)
Romanian: gardian (ro) m, paznic (ro) m, strajă (ro) f, străjer (ro) m, păzitor (ro) m
Russian: страж (ru) m (straž), храни́тель (ru) m (xranítelʹ), храни́тельница (ru) f (xranítelʹnica), защи́тник (ru) m (zaščítnik), защи́тница (ru) f (zaščítnica), блюсти́тель (ru) m (bljustítelʹ), блюсти́тельница (ru) f (bljustítelʹnica)
Sanskrit: गोप्तृ (sa) m (goptṛ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: скр̑бнӣк m, скрбкиња f, хра̀нитељ m, хранитѐљица f, за́штитнӣк m, за́штитница f, чу̀ва̄р m, чува̀рица f
Roman: skȓbnīk (sh) m, skrbkinja f, hrànitelj (sh) m, hranitèljica (sh) f, záštitnīk (sh) m, záštitnica (sh) f, čùvār (sh) m, čuvàrica (sh) f
Slovak: strážca, strážkyňa
Spanish: guardián (es) m, guardia (es) m
Swedish: väktare (sv) c
Tagalog: tagabantay
Turkish: koruma (tr), gardiyan (tr)
Ugaritic: 𐎐𐎙𐎗 (nġr)
Ukrainian: охоро́нець m (oxorónecʹ), сто́рож m (stórož)
Uzbek: qoʻriqchi (uz)
Zazaki: starwan, ğerdiyan c :
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### Anagrams

* Grauniad

## Middle French
### Etymology

Old French garden, from the verb guarder.

### Noun

guardian m (plural guardians)
* guardian; protector