| 单词 | guardian |
| 释义 | guardian —guardianless, adj. /gahr"dee euhn/, n. 1. a person who guards, protects, or preserves. 2. Law. a person who is entrusted by law with the care of the person or property, or both, of another, as a minor or someone legally incapable of managing his or her own affairs. 3. the superior of a Franciscan convent. adj. 4. guarding; protecting: a guardian deity. [1375-1425; late ME gardein < AF. See WARDEN] Syn. 1. protector, defender. Pronunciation. GUARDIAN is occasionally pronounced with two syllables and with stress on the final syllable: /gahr deen"/. This pronunciation is now most characteristic of older, less educated speakers. |
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