- Performing, or appropriate to, the office of a protector;
as, a guardian care.
2 . Guardian
[ v. t.]
- One who guards, preserves, or secures; one to whom any
person or thing is committed for protection, security, or preservation
from injury; a warden. - One who has, or is entitled to, the custody of the
person or property of an infant, a minor without living parents, or a
person incapable of managing his own affairs.