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guardian

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noun/ˈɡɑː.dɪ.ən//ˈɡɑɹ.di.ən//ˈɡɑɹ.din/
  1. 1

    Someone who guards, watches over, or protects.

    • Thoſe who ought to be the guardians of propriety are often the perverters of it. Hence Accidence for Accidents, Prepoſtor for Prepoſitor and Conſtur for Conſtrue[…]
    • I always had a suspicion that Calico, with his blend of simple faith and gipsy blood, had violated a temple, or looted a shrine, to save his son's life, and that the guardians of the relic tracked him and revenged the outrage.
  2. 2

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

  3. 3

    A person legally responsible for an incompetent person.

  4. 4

    A superior in a Franciscan monastery.

  5. 5

    A major or final enemy; boss.

    • Secret weak points of bosses/guardians.
    • 'if you tell me how to find the secret door in level three, I'll tell you how to defeat the end of level guardian'
  6. 6

    A servicemember of the United States Space Force.US

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