Guardian
UK news daily
A guardian is someone who protects or watches over something.
In law, a guardian has legal authority to care for a person who cannot care for themselves—typically a child or incapacitated adult: The court appointed her as guardian of her nephew.
Guardian extends to protective roles generally: guardian of democracy, guardian angel.
The adjective form appears in compounds: guardian spirit.
One who guards another
- keeperOne who guards
- custodianGuardian of a place
- sentinelGuard who monitors
- watchmanBuilding security guard
shield · overseer · caretaker · steward · chaperon · escort · minder · sentry
Divine winged messenger
- spiritSoul, mood, or liquor
- celestialOf the sky above
- divineOf or from gods
- supernaturalBeyond natural explanation
totem · ancestor · patron saint · familiar · daemon · guide · otherworldly · benevolent
Protective care or control
- conservatorArtifact preservation expert
- trusteeOne managing another's assets
- minorScale with lowered third
- court-appointedDesignated by a judge
parental · legal authority · dependent · fiduciary · wardship · orphan · adoption · appointed
Grouping by shared traits
- tankLarge storage vessel
- defenderOne who guards another
- paladinHeroic knightly defender
- meleeDisordered group skirmish
abilities · armor · aggro · frontline · character · role · build · stats
Of the United Kingdom
- mediaInformation distribution channels
- journalismNews gathering and dissemination
- broadsheetLarge-format serious newspaper
- liberalOpen to reform
Manchester · Fleet Street · editorial · columnist · investigative · Snowden · WikiLeaks · press
defender
One who guards another
watchman · shield · overseer · caretaker · steward · chaperon · escort · minder · sentry · lookout
angel
Divine winged messenger
supernatural · totem · ancestor · patron saint · familiar · daemon · guide · otherworldly · benevolent · invisible
custody
Protective care or control
- conservatorArtifact preservation expert
- trusteeOne managing another's assets
- minorScale with lowered third
court-appointed · parental · legal authority · dependent · fiduciary · wardship · orphan · adoption · appointed · responsible
class
Grouping by shared traits
melee · abilities · armor · aggro · frontline · character · role · build · stats · party
British
Of the United Kingdom
- mediaInformation distribution channels
- journalismNews gathering and dissemination
- broadsheetLarge-format serious newspaper
liberal · Manchester · Fleet Street · editorial · columnist · investigative · Snowden · WikiLeaks · press · publication
- StarCraftTerran, Marine, Nexus, Kerrigan, Colossus
- news medianews agency, newspaper, documentary, article, news photo
- media companiesDisney, Netflix, NBCUniversal, Paramount, Viacom
- pharmaciespharmacist, CVS, prescriptions, Walgreens, dispensary
- Game Creaturesslime, skeleton, zombie, spider, goblin
- Handmaid's TaleGilead, handmaid, handmaids, June, red cloak
- guardian angelProtective spirit assigned individually
- legal guardianCourt-appointed child protector
- guardian spiritProtective supernatural being
- legal guardianshipCourt-appointed care authority
- guarding one's tongueExercising caution in speech
- fox guarding the henhouseDangerous guardian assignment