Usually means: Protector, overseer of someone's welfare.
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We found 55 dictionaries that define the word guardian:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. guardian: Merriam-Webster
  2. guardian: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. guardian: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. guardian: Collins English Dictionary
  5. guardian: Vocabulary.com
  6. Guardian, guardian, the-guardian: Wordnik
  7. guardian: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Guardian, guardian: Wiktionary
  9. guardian: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. guardian: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. guardian: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. guardian: Dictionary.com
  13. guardian: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. GuardiaN, Guardian (DC Comics), Guardian (Marvel Comics), Guardian (United States), Guardian (Web series), Guardian (band), Guardian (comics), Guardian (database), Guardian (disambiguation), Guardian (fireboat), Guardian (newspaper), Guardian (sculpture), Guardian (song), Guardian (video game), Guardian (web series), Guardian, The Guardian (Anglican newspaper), The Guardian (Belize), The Guardian (Charlottetown), The Guardian (Lagos), The Guardian (Nigeria), The Guardian (Once Upon a Time), The Guardian (TV series), The Guardian (UK), The Guardian (United Kingdom), The Guardian (disambiguation), The Guardian (newspaper), The Guardian (novel), The Guardian (play), The Guardian (sculpture), The Guardian (season The+Guardian+++(season+++1)), The Guardian (season 2), The Guardian (season 3), The Guardian, The guardian: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Guardian: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. guardian: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. guardian: Rhymezone
  18. guardian: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. guardian: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. guardian: FreeDictionary.org
  21. guardian: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. guardian: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. guardian: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. guardian: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  3. guardian: Webster's New World Finance & Investment Dictionary
  4. guardian: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  5. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)
  6. guardian: Law.com Dictionary
  7. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  8. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  9. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  10. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  11. Guardian: Bloomberg Financial Glossary
  12. Guardian: Investopedia
  13. International Law Dictionary (No longer online)
  14. The Guardian (disambiguation), The Guardian (film), The Guardian (movie), guardian: Legal dictionary
  15. The Guardian (disambiguation), The Guardian (film), The Guardian (movie), guardian: Financial dictionary
  16. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)
  17. Guardian: WashingtonPost.com: Business
  18. Yahoo Tax Center Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. guardian: Netlingo
  2. The Guardian (TV series), The Guardian (disambiguation), The Guardian (film), The Guardian (movie), guardian: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Reactive Attachment Disorder (No longer online)
  2. Johnson Bwby (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. National MCH Center for Child Death Review (No longer online)
  5. The Guardian (disambiguation), The Guardian (film), The Guardian (movie), guardian: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sociology (No longer online)
  2. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. GUARDIAN, GUARDIAN, GUARDIAN: Terminology and Descriptions of Geneaological Words
  4. guardian: Genealogy Glossary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. guardian, the guardian: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  Someone who guards, watches over, or protects.
▸ noun:  (law) A person legally responsible for a minor (in loco parentis).
▸ noun:  (law) A person legally responsible for an incompetent person.
▸ noun:  A superior in a Franciscan monastery.
▸ noun:  (video games) A major or final enemy; boss.
▸ noun:  (newspapers) A British daily national newspaper.

Similar:
protector, custodial, protective, tutelar, tutelary, defender, guard, guarder, safeguarder, watcher, more...

Opposite:
attacker, Threat, Enemy, Perpetrator, Aggressor

Types:
parent, teacher, caregiver, babysitter, nanny, au pair, more...

Phrases:
The Guardian, manchester guardian, guardian angel, Legal guardian, Guardian Angels, more...

Adjectives:
legal, natural, sole, faithful, special, appointed, general, male, titular, personal, former

Colors:
    emerald,     sapphire,     gold,     silver,     midnight blue, more...



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Similar:
protector, custodial, protective, tutelar, tutelary, defender, guard, guarder, safeguarder, watcher, more...

Opposite:
attacker, Threat, Enemy, Perpetrator, Aggressor

Types:
parent, teacher, caregiver, babysitter, nanny, au pair, more...

Phrases:
The Guardian, manchester guardian, guardian angel, Legal guardian, Guardian Angels, guardian spirit, guardian spirits, natural guardian, personal guardian, testamentary guardian, guardian ad litem, more...

Adjectives:
legal, natural, sole, faithful, special, appointed, general, male, titular, personal, former

Colors:
    emerald,     sapphire,     gold,     silver,     midnight blue, more...



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