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Definition of: guardian
(gär′dē·ən) noun
1. Law A person who legally has the care of the person or property, or both, of one who is incompetent to act for himself, especially of an infant or minor.
2. One to whom anything is committed for safekeeping or preservation.
3. One who guards; a warden. ♦ Collateral adjective: custodial.
—adjective Keeping guard; watching; protecting; tutelary. [<OF guarden <guarder guard. Doublet of WARDEN.]
—guard′i·an·ship noun
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