Meaning & use

guardian

noun·Academic

A person who protects, cares for, or is legally responsible for someone unable to care for themselves.

See it in a sentence

Her aunt became her legal guardian after her parents passed away in the accident.

The old lighthouse keeper saw himself as the guardian of every ship that passed the rocks.

A note on using this word

Guardian is used both informally for any protector and formally in law for someone with legal responsibility for a minor.

Words with a similar meaning

protectorcustodian

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Words with an opposite meaning

ward

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