Meaning

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

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

    Vormund, Erziehungsberechtigter, Erziehungsberechtigte

    опеку́нopekún, кура́торkurátor, попечи́тельpopečítelʹ

    опіку́нopikún, опіку́нкаopikúnka, попечи́тельpopečýtelʹ

  3. A person legally responsible for an incompetent person.

    Betreuer

    опеку́нopekún, попечи́тельpopečítelʹ, попечи́тельницаpopečítelʹnica

  4. A superior in a Franciscan monastery.

    Guardian

  5. A major or final enemy; boss.

  6. (US)A servicemember of the United States Space Force.

    Wächter, Wache

    стражstraž, храни́тельxranítelʹ, храни́тельницаxranítelʹnica

    охоро́нецьoxorónecʹ, сто́рожstórož

More definitions
  • a person who cares for persons or property

Examples

63 sentences
  1. Do you believe in guardian angels?

    ruТы веришь в ангелов-хранителей?

    deGlauben Sie an Schutzengel?

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  2. I'm your guardian angel.

    ruЯ твой ангел-хранитель.

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  3. Who'll protect us from our guardians?

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  4. Tom's guardian angel must've been watching over him.

    deToms Schutzengel muss über ihn gewacht haben.

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  5. Tom's guardian angel watches over him.

    ruАнгел-хранитель Тома присматривает за ним.

    deEin Schutzengel wacht über Tom.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis:
guard or watcher:
Русский
By meaning 2
law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis:
guard or watcher:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis:
law: person responsible for incompetent person:
superior in a Franciscan monastery:
guard or watcher:

Origin

From Middle English gardein, garden, (also wardein, > Modern English warden), from Old Fre

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.

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