a defender, protector, or keeper 守卫者;保护者;看守人 self-appointed guardians of public morality. 自封的公德维护者。 ■a person who looks after and is legally responsible for someone who is unable to manage their own affairs, especially a child whose parents have died (法律上的)监护人 ■the superior of a Franciscan convent (方济各会隐修院的)院长
派生 guardianship noun 语源
late Middle English: from Old French garden, of Germanic origin; compare with ward and warden. The ending was altered by association with -ian