guardian

Meaning

Noun

• Someone who guards, watches over, or protects.
• A person legally responsible for a minor (in loco parentis).
• A person legally responsible for an incompetent person.
• A superior in a Franciscan monastery.
• A major or final enemy; boss.

Origin

• From Middle English gardein, garden, (also wardein, > Modern English warden), from Anglo-Norman guardein, from Old French *guardian, gardein, garden, *gardenc, from the verb guarder, of Germanic origin. Compare French gardien. warden.