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発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈɡɑɹ.di.ən/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɡɑː.dɪ.ən/
• (米国発音, dialectal) IPA: /ˈɡɑɹ.din/ (see guardeen)
• 韻: -ɑː(ɹ)dɪən

名詞

guardian (plural guardians)

1. Someone who guards, watches over, or protects.
   • 1791, John Walker, A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary […] ‎, London: Sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinſon, Paternoſter Row; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, →OCLC, page 162:

     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 […]

   • 1923, Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados

     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.

   • 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, page 52::

     As your Senior Tutor, I am your moral guardian,’ he said at last. ‘A moral guardian yearns for an immoral ward and the Lord has provided.

2. (law) A person legally responsible for a minor (in loco parentis).
3. (law) A person legally responsible for an incompetent person.
4. A superior in a Franciscan monastery.
5. (video games) A major or final enemy; boss.
   • 1993, Zach Meston, J. Douglas Arnold, Awesome Super Nintendo Secrets 2:

     Secret weak points of bosses/guardians.

   • 2004, James Newman, Videogames:

     '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. (US military) A servicemember of the United States Space Force.

   Hypernyms: serviceman, servicewoman < servicemember, serviceperson < person

   Coordinate terms: airman, soldier, sailor, marine; veteran

派生語

派生した語

• → Japanese: ガーディアン (gādian)

アナグラム

• Grauniad