guardian
noun/ˈɡɑːdiən/
/ˈɡɑːrdiən/
- a person who protects something synonym custodian
- Farmers should be guardians of the countryside.
- The police are guardians of law and order.
- The people act as guardians of the land.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- self-appointed
- moral
- act as
- a person who is legally responsible for the care of another person, especially a child whose parents have died
- I was left alone to live with my aunt, who became my legal guardian.
- The court appoints a legal guardian for the child.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- legal
- be
- become
- appoint
- …
- parents or guardians
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French garden, of Germanic origin; compare with ward and warden. The ending was altered by association with -ian.
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