guardian UK /ˈɡɑː.dɪ.ən/US /ˈɡɑɹ.di.ən/ noun6 •a person who the law makes responsible for a child in place of the parents •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[…] — 1791 •A person legally responsible for an incompetent person. •(US) A servicemember of the United States Space Force. •A major or final enemy; boss.Secret weak points of bosses/guardians. — 1993 •A superior in a Franciscan monastery. formsguardians