Guardian

Guardian

Guardian may refer to:
* Legal guardian

Newspapers

In the United Kingdom

* "The Guardian", founded in 1821 as the "Manchester Guardian" and renamed in 1959
* "The Guardian" (1713), founded in 1713 and running only briefly
* "The Guardian" (Anglican newspaper), an Anglican newspaper founded in 1846 and running until 1951
* "Cornish Guardian", a Cornish local weekly newspaper

In Canada

* "Brampton Guardian"
* "Charlottetown Guardian"
* "Etobicoke Guardian"
* "York Guardian"

In the United States

* "San Francisco Bay Guardian"
* "Guardian" (US), a New York newspaper founded in 1948 as the "National Guardian", renamed in 1967 and running until 1992

In other countries

* "The Guardian" (Belize)
* "The Guardian" (Nigeria)
* The newspaper of the Communist Party of Australia (revived)

Military

* AF Guardian, a warplane of the US Navy
* HMS "Guardian", three ships of the Royal Navy
* Northrop Grumman Guardian, an anti-missile system for commercial airliners

Film, television and theatre

* "The Guardian" (1990 film), a horror film directed by William Friedkin
* "The Guardian" (2006 film), a drama starring Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher
* "The Guardian" (TV series), a CBS series that first aired in 2001
* "The Guardians" (TV series), an ITV series that aired in 1971
* "The Guardian" (play), the Caroline era stage play by Philip Massinger
* "Guardians" (play), an Off-Broadway stage play by Peter Morris
* A group of characters in the TV series "Challenge of the GoBots"
* A character on the TV series "The Tribe"

Books and comics

* "The Guardians" (novel), a novel by John Christopher
* Guardian (comics)
* A series of military science fiction novels by Richard Austin
* "Guardian", a novel by Nicholas Sparks
* Guardians of the Universe, an fictional alien race in DC Comics

Card and computer games

* "Guardians" (card game)
* Guardian (Ultima), the final villain of the "Ultima" computer game series
* A unit in the computer game "Battle Realms"
* A Zerg unit in the computer game "StarCraft"
* Guardian (computer game), a 3D shoot 'em up for the Amiga CD32 games console

Other meanings

*Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
*Guardian Industries Corp.
* Guardian (band)
* Shoghi Effendi, the appointed leader (Guardian) of the Bahá'í Faith from 1921 to 1957
* Philosopher king, a type of figure in Plato's "Republic"
* One of the four temperaments according to the Keirsey Temperament Sorter
* A custom operating system used by Tandem Computers


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  • Guardian — Guard i*an, n. [OF. guardain, gardien, F. gardien, LL. guardianus. See {Guard}, v. t., and cf. {Wasden}.] 1. One who guards, preserves, or secures; one to whom any person or thing is committed for protection, security, or preservation from… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • guardian — early 14c., garden; early 15c., gardein, from Anglo Fr. gardein (late 13c.), from O.Fr. gardien keeper, custodian, earlier guarden, from Frankish *warding (see GUARD (Cf. guard) (n.)). Guardian angel is from 1630s …   Etymology dictionary

  • guardián — guardián, na adjetivo,sustantivo masculino y femenino 1. Persona o animal que guarda o cuida una cosa: perro guardián. sustantivo masculino 1. Superior de un convento franciscano …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • Guardian — (vom mittellat. Guardia, Wache), 1) der Pater Superior (Vorgesetzter) eines Klosters bei den Franciscanern; in einigen anderen Klöstern waren sie untergeordnete Beamtete; 2) in [748] England der während einer geistlichen Vacanz als Verwalter der… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Guardiān — (mittellat. guardianus, v. ital. guardiáno, »Wächter, Hüter«), heißt bei den Franziskanern und Kapuzinern der Pater Superior oder Vorgesetzte, in England derjenige, der während einer geistlichen Vakanz die geistliche Jurisdiktion in einer Diözese …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Guardian — Guardiān (ital.), Hüter, Wächter; in Franziskaner und Kapuzinerklöstern der Vorsteher; in England Stellvertreter eines Bischofs während einer Vakanz …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

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