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guardian

/ˈɡɑɹ.di.ən/
noun

Someone who guards, watches over, or protects.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Noun 4 meanings

  1. Someone who guards, watches over, or protects.

  2. A person legally responsible for a minor (in loco parentis).

  3. A person legally responsible for an incompetent person.

  4. A superior in a Franciscan monastery.

Definitions: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA) via Kaikki/Wiktextract

Where it comes from

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.

GUARDIAN at a glance

GUARDIAN has 8 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (G 2 + U 1 + A 1 + R 1 + D 2 + I 1 + A 1 + N 1) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,519 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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