guardian

1. v. t. One who guards, preserves, or secures; one to whom any person or thing is committed for protection, security, or preservation from injury; a warden. Source: opted

2. v. t. 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. Source: opted

3. a. Performing, or appropriate to, the office of a protector; as, a guardian care. Source: opted

4. n. a person who cares for persons or property Source: wordnet

5. 1. One who guards, preserves, or secures; one to whom any person or thing is committed for protection, security, or preservation from injury; a warden. 2. (Law) 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. Of the several species of guardians, the first are guardians by nature. -- viz., the father and (in some cases) the mother of the child. Blockstone. Guardian ad litem ( (Law), 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. Performing, or appropriate to, the office of a protector; as, a guardian care. Feast of Guardian Angels (R. C. Ch.) a church festival instituted by Pope Paul V., and celebrated on October 2d. -- Guardian angel. (a) The particular spiritual being believed in some branches of the Christian church to have guardianship and protection of each human being from birth. (b) Hence, a protector or defender in general. O. W. Holmes. -- 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. Source: webster

6. One who has, or is entitled to, the custody of the person orproperty of an infant, a minor without living parents, or a personincapable of managing his own affairs.Of the several species of guardians, the first are guardians bynature.-- viz., the father and (in some cases) the mother of the child.Blockstone.Guardian ad litem ( (Law), a guardian appointed by a court of justiceto conduct a particular suit.-- Guardians of the poor, the members of a board appointed orelected to care for the relief of the poor within a township, ordistrict. Source: adambom

7. n:100 n a person who cares for persons or property Source: ecdict

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