guardian

guardian
noun
  1. 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
  1. late Middle English: from Old French garden, of Germanic origin; compare with ward and warden. The ending was altered by association with -ian
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