what does the word guardian mean
Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  Guardian(verb) one who guards, preserves, or secures; one to whom any person or thing is committed for protection, security, or preservation from injury; a warden. Guardian(verb) 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. Guardian(adj) performing, or appropriate to, the office of a protector; as, a guardian care.