Guardian /(?)/
Guard·i·an
Guardian
n.
- One who guards, preserves, or secures; one to whom any person or thing is committed for protection, security, or preservation from injury; a warden.
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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. (Law)
Of the several species of guardians, the first are guardians by nature. -- viz., the father and (in some cases) the mother of the child.
Phrases & Compounds
- Guardian ad litem
- a guardian appointed by a court of justice to conduct a particular suit.
- Guardians of the poor
- the members of a board appointed or elected to care for the relief of the poor within a township, or district.
Guardian
a.
- Performing, or appropriate to, the office of a protector; as, a guardian care.
Phrases & Compounds
- Feast of Guardian Angels
- a church festival instituted by Pope Paul V., and celebrated on October 2d.
- Guardian angel
- The particular spiritual being believed in some branches of the Christian church to have guardianship and protection of each human being from birth.
- Guardian spirit
- in the belief of many pagan nations, a spirit, often of a deceased relative or friend, that presides over the interests of a household, a city, or a region.