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Guardian
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one who guards or defends another, a protector. The O. Fr. guarden, garden, mod. gardien, from guarder, garden, is of Teutonic origin, from the base war-, to protect, cf. O.H. Ger. warten, and Eng. "ward"; thus "guardian" and "warden" are etymologically identical, as are "guard" and "ward"; cf. the use of the correlatives "guardian" and "ward," i.e. a minor, or person incapable of managing his affairs, under the protection or in the custody of a guardian. For the position of guardians of the poor see PooR LAW, and for the legal relations between a guardian and his ward see Infant, Marriage and Roman Law.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Guardian'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​g/guardian.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Guardian'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​g/guardian.html. 1910.