Guardian usually refers to: * Legal guardian, a person with the authority and duty to care for the interests of another * ''

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...

'', a British daily newspaper (The) Guardian(s) may also refer to:

Places

* Guardian, West Virginia, United States, an unincorporated community in Webster County * Guardian Nunatak, a landform on Antarctica's Dufek Coast *

Guardian Rock Guardian Rock is a low ice-free rock lying in Bigourdan Fjord, north of Parvenu Point, Pourquoi Pas Island, close off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. It was first surveyed in 1948–49 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, an ...

, an islet off the Antarctic Peninsula in Bigourdan Fjord *

Guardian telephone exchange Guardian Exchange was an underground telephone exchange built in Manchester from 1954 to 1957. It was built together with the Anchor exchange in Birmingham and the Kingsway exchange in London – all believed to provide hardened communications ...

, Manchester, England *

Wonder Mountain's Guardian Wonder Mountain's Guardian (also known as ''Guardian'' or ''WMG''; during Halloween Haunt known as ''Zombies 4D'') is a 4D, interactive dark ride roller coaster at the Canada's Wonderland amusement park located in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. Park ...

, a roller coaster at Canada's Wonderland, Vaughan, Ontario

People

* GuardiaN (Ladislav Kovács; born 1991), Slovak professional video-game player *

Angel Guardian Angel Grace Trazona Guardian (born September 6, 1998) is a Filipino-Israeli actress, recording artist and commercial model. She is best known for her participation in the reality show '' Running Man Philippines'', where she became the first U ...

(born 1998), Filipina actress and singer * Don Guardian (born 1953), mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

Guardian (comics) Guardian, in comics, may refer to: * Guardian (DC Comics), the alias of Jim Harper, a costumed hero * Guardian (Marvel Comics), the alias of James Hudson, a superhero * Guardian, the alias of Heather Hudson, wife of James Hudson, better known as ...

, characters from various comics * Guardian (DC Comics), a DC Comics superhero * Guardian (''Highlander''), a character in the film ''Highlander: The Source'' (2007) * Guardian, a supercomputer in American science fiction thriller film '' Colossus: The Forbin Project'' (1970) * Guardians, player characters in ''

Destiny Destiny, sometimes referred to as fate (from Latin ''fatum'' "decree, prediction, destiny, fate"), is a predetermined course of events. It may be conceived as a predetermined future, whether in general or of an individual. Fate Although often ...

'', a 2014 first-person shooter video game * Guardians, a playable class in the game ''

The Lord of the Rings Online ''The Lord of the Rings Online'' is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) for Microsoft Windows and OS X set in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, taking place during the time period of ''The Lord of the Rings''. Originally d ...

'' * Philosopher kings, also called Guardians, a rôle hypothesised in Plato's ''Republic'' * The Guardian, the main and player character of ''

The Guardian Legend ''The Guardian Legend'' is a 1988 hybrid action-adventure/shoot 'em up video game developed by Compile for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). It is the sequel to the 1986 MSX game ''Guardic'', and was published and released in Japan by ...

'', a 1988 video game * The Guardian, an alien being in the ''Ultima'' series of role-playing video games * The Guardians, a group of characters in the 1984 TV series ''

Challenge of the GoBots ''Challenge of the GoBots'' (or ''GoBots'' for short) is an American animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera, based on the GoBots toyline released from Tonka. The show was first broadcast in syndication on September 8, 1984, then the show join ...

'' * Guardians, police officers in ''The Handmaid's Tale'' (TV series)

Films

* ''Guardian'', a 2001 film directed by

John Terlesky John Todd Terlesky (born May 30, 1961) is an American actor, film director, television director and screenwriter. As an actor, he is best known for playing Deathstalker in the 1987 film '' Deathstalker II'', and Mike in ''Chopping Mall'' (1986) ...

* ''The Guardian'' (1917 film), a silent film starring Montagu Love and June Elvidge * ''The Guardian'' (1990 film), a horror film directed by William Friedkin * ''The Guardian'', a 1997 television film starring

Stephanie Niznik Stephanie Lynne Niznik (May 20, 1967 – June 23, 2019) was an American film, television, and theatre actress, most famous for her role as Nina Feeney on '' Everwood''. Early life and career Niznik intended to become a geneticist before graduatin ...

* ''The Guardian'' (2006 film), a drama starring Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher * ''Guardians'' (2012 film), a German action film * ''Guardians'' (2017 film), a Russian superhero film * ''The Guardians'' (2017 film), a French film directed by Xavier Beauvois * ''Guardian'' (2021 film), a Malayalam film directed by Satheesh Paul

Games

* ''Guardian'' (1986 video game), a 1986 beat 'em up for arcades * ''Guardians'' (card game), a collectible card game published in 1995/96 * ''Guardian'' (video game), a 1994 3D shoot 'em up for the Amiga CD32 games console * ''Guardians'' (video game), a 1995 coin-operated arcade game

Literature

* ''Guardians'' (play), a 2005 off-Broadway stage play by Peter Morris * ''The Guardian'' (novel), a 2003 novel by Nicholas Sparks * ''The Guardian'' (play), a 1633 Caroline era stage play by Philip Massinger, reworked 1642 by A. Cowley * ''The Guardians'' (Christopher novel), a 1970 novel by John Christopher * ''The Guardians'' (Abbey novel), a 1982 novel by Lynn Abbe * ''The Guardians'', a series of military science fiction novels by Richard Austin * ''The Guardians'', a novel by

Ana Castillo Ana Castillo (born June 15, 1953) is a Chicana novelist, poet, short story writer, essayist, editor, playwright, translator and independent scholar. Considered one of the leading voices in Chicana experience, Castillo is known for her experiment ...

Music

* Guardian (band), an American Christian hard rock/metal band * ''Guardians'' (The Crimson Armada album), 2009 * ''Guardians'' (August Burns Red album), 2020 * "Guardian" (song), a 2012 song by Alanis Morissette from her album ''Havoc and Bright Lights'' *

Guardians Drum and Bugle Corps The Guardians Drum and Bugle Corps is an Open Class competitive junior drum and bugle corps. Based in Dallas, Texas, the Guardians perform in Drum Corps International (DCI) competitions. History Johnathan Doerr, a 19-year-old student at Texas T ...

, a drum and bugle corp from Dallas, Texas

News and periodicals

Australia

* ''Daily Guardian'' (Sydney), a former newspaper in Sydney, Australia * ''The Guardian'', a bulletin of the

Communist Party of Australia (1971) The Communist Party of Australia (CPA) is a communist party in Australia. It was founded in 1971 as the Socialist Party of Australia (SPA) and adopted its current name in 1996. The party was established by former members of the original Com ...

Canada

* ''

Brampton Guardian The ''Brampton Guardian'' is a locally distributed, free, weekly community newspaper in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. History In the late 1950s, the Bramalea development began, under the oversight of Bayton Holdings Ltd., then Bramalea Consolidat ...

'', a free, weekly community newspaper in Ontario * ''

Etobicoke Guardian Metroland Media Group (also known as Community Brands) is a Canadian mass media publisher and distributor which primarily operates in Southern Ontario. A division of the publishing conglomerate Torstar Corporation, Metroland publishes more than ...

'', a weekly suburban newspaper in Toronto * ''The Guardian'' (Charlottetown), a daily newspaper on Prince Edward Island

United Kingdom

Guardian Media Group Guardian Media Group plc (GMG) is a British-based mass media company owning various media operations including ''The Guardian'' and ''The Observer''. The group is wholly owned by the Scott Trust Limited, which exists to secure the financial and e ...

, owners of ''The Guardian'' , ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'' ** ''

'', formerly ''Manchester Guardian'' **

theGuardian.com TheGuardian.com, formerly known as Guardian.co.uk and ''Guardian Unlimited'', is a British news and media website owned by the Guardian Media Group. It contains nearly all of the content of the newspapers ''The Guardian'' and ''The Observer'', ...

, online resource of ''The Guardian'' * ''

Cornish Guardian The ''Cornish Guardian'' (founded 1901) is a weekly newspaper in Cornwall, England, UK, which is part of the Cornwall & Devon Media group. Its head office is in Truro and it is published in seven separate editions: * Bodmin edition *Lostwithiel a ...

'', a local weekly newspaper in Cornwall, England * '' Farmers Guardian'', a weekly newspaper aimed at the British farming industry * ''

Glasgow University Guardian ''The Glasgow Guardian'' is the student newspaper of the University of Glasgow. Founded in 1932 as ''The Gilmorehill Globe'', the newspaper has undergone four name changes in its existence. First changed to ''The Gilmorehill Guardian'', then t ...

'', the student newspaper of the University of Glasgow * ''

Neath Guardian The ''Neath Guardian'' was a local weekly newspaper published between 1925 and 2009 covering Neath, Wales, and the surrounding area. At the time of its closure, it was published weekly, on a Wednesday, in the tabloid format by Media Wales (for ...

'' (published 1925–2009), a local weekly newspaper in Neath, Wales * ''

South Wales Guardian The ''South Wales Guardian'' is a newspaper serving Ammanford and the surrounding area of Carmarthenshire, Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea t ...

'', a local newspaper in Ammanford, Wales * ''The Guardian'' (1713), a London newspaper founded in 1713 and running only briefly * ''The Guardian'' (Anglican newspaper), an Anglican newspaper founded in 1846 and running until 1951 * Local and regional newspapers published by Newsquest

United States

* ''

Boston Guardian The ''Boston Guardian'' was an African-American newspaper, co-founded by William Monroe Trotter and George W. Forbes in 1901 in Boston, Massachusetts, and published until the 1950s. In April 2016, an unrelated publisher launched its own ''Boston ...

'' (published 1901–1950), an African-American newspaper in Boston, Massachusetts * ''

National Guardian ''The National Guardian'', later known as ''The Guardian'', was a left-wing independent weekly newspaper established in 1948 in New York City. The paper was founded by James Aronson, Cedric Belfrage and John T. McManus in connection with the 194 ...

'', a New York weekly newspaper founded in 1948, renamed ''The Guardian'' in 1967 and running until 1992 * ''

San Francisco Bay Guardian The ''San Francisco Bay Guardian'' was a free alternative newspaper published weekly in San Francisco, California. It was founded in 1966 by Bruce B. Brugmann and his wife, Jean Dibble. The paper was shut down on October 14, 2014. It was relaun ...

'', a free alternative newspaper published weekly in San Francisco, California * ''

UCSD Guardian The ''UCSD'' ''Guardian'' is a student-operated newspaper at the University of California, San Diego. Originally named the ''Triton Times'', it is published once a week during the regular academic year, usually Mondays. Although ''The Guardian'' ...

'', the student newspaper at the University of California, San Diego

Elsewhere

* ''

Ashburton Guardian The ''Ashburton Guardian'' is a tri-weekly newspaper published in Ashburton, New Zealand according to the Audit Bureau of Circulation in New Zealand it has a readership of approximately 11,000 and a circulation of 5,554. It was founded in 1879 an ...

'', a daily, later tri-weekly, newspaper in Ashburton, New Zealand * ''The Guardian'' (Belize), the official print organ of the United Democratic Party * ''Daily Guardian'' (Iloilo), an English-language newspaper in Iloilo City, Philippines * ''The Guardian'' (Nigeria), an independent daily newspaper published in Lagos, Nigeria * ''

The Sunday Guardian ''The Sunday Guardian'' is an Indian Sunday newspaper, founded by journalist and politician M. J. Akbar, and currently owned by iTV Network. It was launched on 31 January 2010 from New Delhi and is printed in New Delhi, Mumbai and Chandigarh. ...

'', a weekly newspaper based in New Delhi, India * ''

Trinidad and Tobago Guardian The ''Trinidad and Tobago Guardian'' (together with the ''Sunday Guardian'') is the oldest daily newspaper in Trinidad and Tobago. The paper is considered the newspaper of record for Trinidad and Tobago. History Its first edition was published ...

'', a daily newspaper in Trinidad and Tobago

Television and web series

Series

* ''Guardian'' (web series), a Chinese web drama released in 2018 * '' Guardians Evolution'', a 2014 claymation series on APTN Kids * ''The Guardian'' (TV series), a CBS series that first aired in 2001 starring Simon Baker * ''The Guardians'' (South Korean TV series), South Korea * '' Guardian: The Lonely and Great God'', South Korea * ''The Guardians'' (British TV series), a 1971 UK television drama series

Episodes

* "Guardians" (''The Walking Dead''), an episode of the television series ''The Walking Dead'' * "The Guardian" (''Sliders''), an episode of the television series ''Sliders''

Visual arts

* ''Guardian'' (sculpture), a statue in Abertillery, Wales, UK * ''The Guardian'' (sculpture), a public artwork in Redwood City, California, USA * ''Guardians'', artworks by American artist

Kris Neely Kristofer M. Neely (born November 21, 1978) is an American creative writer and visual artist in Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA who serves as Professor of Art and Director of Interdisciplinary Studies at Spartanburg Methodist College.George, Dusti ...

* ''

Guardians of Traffic Guardian usually refers to: * Legal guardian, a person with the authority and duty to care for the interests of another * ''The Guardian'', a British daily newspaper (The) Guardian(s) may also refer to: Places * Guardian, West Virginia, Unite ...

'', a set of statues on the Hope Memorial Bridge in Cleveland, Ohio, USA * ''Wächter'' (Anatol) (''Guardian''), several monumental outdoor sculpture by Anatol Herzfeld

Businesses and organizations

Financial institutions

Guardian Bank Guardian Bank, whose full name is Guardian Bank Limited, is a commercial bank in Kenya with headquarters in Nairobi. It is licensed by Central Bank of Kenya, the central bank and national banking regulator. , the bank was a medium-sized retail ...

, Kenya *

Guardian Building Society Guardian usually refers to: * Legal guardian, a person with the authority and duty to care for the interests of another * ''The Guardian'', a British daily newspaper (The) Guardian(s) may also refer to: Places * Guardian, West Virginia, Unit ...

, United Kingdom *

Guardian Capital Group Guardian Capital Group, founded in 1962, operates several fully owned subsidiaries whose operations are to provide investment management services, financial advisory services, retail distribution of mutual funds, insurance, and general corporate ...

, a publicly traded asset management company * The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, a mutual life insurance company domiciled in New York

Other businesses and organizations

Guardian Angels A guardian angel is a type of angel that is assigned to protect and guide a particular person, group or nation. Belief in tutelary beings can be traced throughout all antiquity. The idea of angels that guard over people played a major role in ...

, an international volunteer organization for unarmed crime prevention *

Guardian Industries Guardian Industries is a privately held industrial manufacturer of glass, automotive and building products based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The company manufactures float glass, fabricated glass products, fiberglass insulation and building materia ...

, a manufacturer of glass, automotive and building products headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan *

Mannings Mannings () is a personal care product chain owned by Dairy Farm International Holdings, which is in turn owned by Jardine Matheson. It is known as Guardian () for Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Vietnam, and Singapore. By the end of 2016, there we ...

, known as ''Guardian'' in Malaysia and Singapore, a health care retailer

Military

Military vehicles

* Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian, a variant of the AH-64 Apache * Dassault HU-25 Guardian, a modified Falcon 20 business jet formerly used by the U.S. Coast Guard *

Grumman AF Guardian The Grumman AF Guardian was the first purpose-built anti-submarine warfare (ASW) carrier-based aircraft to enter service with the United States Navy.Kowalski 1991, p. 3. It consisted of two airframe variants, one for detection gear, the other f ...

, a warplane of the U.S. Navy * HMS ''Guardian'', three ships of the Royal Navy * USS ''Guardian'', three ships of the U.S. Navy

Other military uses

Northrop Grumman Guardian The Northrop Grumman Guardian is a passive anti-missile countermeasure system designed specifically to protect commercial airliners from shoulder-launched missiles (commonly known as MANPADS), using directed infrared countermeasures (DIRCM) t ...

, an anti-missile system for commercial airliners * Space professionals of the

United States Space Force The United States Space Force (USSF) is the space service branch of the U.S. Armed Forces, one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and the world's only independent space force. Along with its sister branch, the U.S. Air Force, the Space ...

Weishi Rockets The Weishi (WS; ) family of multiple rocket launcher systems were mainly developed by Sichuan Aerospace Industry Corporation (SCAIC, also known as Base 062) in Chengdu, China. The systems include the WS-1 (), the improved WS-1B (), the WS-1E ...

(), a family of Chinese multiple rocket launcher systems

Religion

Custos (Franciscans) Custos ( en, guardian) means a religious superior or an official in the Franciscan Order. The precise meaning has differed over time, and among the Friars Minor, Conventuals, and Capuchins. Description Francis of Assisi sometimes applied the word ...

or Guardian, the term used in place of Religious Superior among Franciscans *

Guardian (Baháʼí Faith) Shoghí Effendi (; 1 March 1897 – 4 November 1957) was the grandson and successor of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, appointed to the role of Guardian of the Baháʼí Faith from 1921 until his death in 1957. He created a series of teaching plans that over ...

, a now defunct hereditary office of the Bahá'í Faith *

Guardian angel A guardian angel is a type of angel that is assigned to protect and guide a particular person, group or nation. Belief in tutelary beings can be traced throughout all antiquity. The idea of angels that guard over people played a major role in A ...

, assigned to protect and guide a particular person or group *

Guardian deity A tutelary () (also tutelar) is a deity or a Nature spirit, spirit who is a guardian, patron, or protector of a particular place, geographic feature, person, lineage, nation, culture, or occupation. The etymology of "tutelary" expresses the concep ...

, a spirit who protects a particular place, person, culture or occupation *

Medusa In Greek mythology, Medusa (; Ancient Greek: Μέδουσα "guardian, protectress"), also called Gorgo, was one of the three monstrous Gorgons, generally described as winged human females with living venomous snakes in place of hair. Those ...

(meaning "Guardian" or "Protectress"), one of the Gorgons of Greek mythology

Sports

Asia

Fubon Guardians The Fubon Guardians () are a professional baseball team in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) in Taiwan. The team is owned by Fubon Financial Holding Co. and play their home games at Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium in New Taipei City. ...

, a team in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) in Taiwan * Galle Guardians, a provincial T20 cricket team in Sri Lanka

United States

Cleveland Guardians The Cleveland Guardians are an American professional baseball team based in Cleveland. The Guardians compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. Since , they have played at Progressive Fi ...

, a team in Major League Baseball (MLB) known as the Cleveland Indians from 1915 through 2021 *

Dallas Beer Guardians The Dallas Beer Guardians are an independent supporters group of Major League Soccer's FC Dallas and a member of the Independent Supporters Council. The group is named for the Beer Garden section in which they reside at Toyota Stadium. History ...

, an independent supporters group of FC Dallas of Major League Soccer (MLS) *

Golden Guardians The Golden Guardians (GG) are an American esports organization owned by the Golden State Warriors. The organization was one of four that joined the ''League of Legends'' Championship Series (LCS) in 2018 after the league began franchising, t ...

, an esports organization *

New York Guardians The Orlando Guardians are a professional American football team based in Orlando, Florida. The team was founded by Vince McMahon's Alpha Entertainment and is an owned-and-operated member of the XFL. The Guardians played their home games at MetLi ...

, an American-football team in the XFL * San Diego Guardians, a team in

The Basketball League The Basketball League (TBL), formerly North America Premier Basketball (NAPB), is a minor league basketball organization. The league began operating in North America in 2018 with eight teams, and expanded to over 44 teams as of 2022. The Bas ...

(TBL)

Technology

Guardian (database) The Guardian Threat Tracking System is a reporting system used by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation to track threats and other intelligence information. It was established to collect data on terrorist threats and suspicious incidents ...

, an intel reporting system the FBI use to track threats *

Guardian (polymer) Guardian is the trademark name of a polymer originally manufactured by Securency International, a joint venture between the Reserve Bank of Australia and Innovia Films Ltd. The latter completed acquisition of the former's stake in 2013. Its product ...

, a substrate used in the production of polymer banknotes * ''Galaxy'' (spacecraft), previously ''Guardian'', a cancelled prototype space habitat

Other uses

* ''Guardian'' (fireboat), a fireboat operated in the San Francisco Bay since 1990 in reserve status *

Guardian of Scotland The Guardians of Scotland were regents who governed the Kingdom of Scotland from 1286 until 1292 and from 1296 until 1306. During the many years of minority in Scotland's subsequent history, there were many guardians of Scotland and the post was ...

, the ''de facto'' head of state of Scotland during the interregnums of 1290–1292 and 1296–1306 *

Guardian stones Guardian stones (german: Wächtersteine) are standing stones, always occurring in pairs, at the corners of rectangular and trapezoidally-arranged stone enclosures (hunebeds) around a dolmen. They are found especially in Scandinavia, in the German ...

, standing stones at the corners of enclosures around a dolmen *

Guardian temperament The Keirsey Temperament Sorter (KTS) is a self-assessed personality questionnaire designed to help people better understand themselves and others. It was first introduced in the book '' Please Understand Me''. It is one of the most widely used pers ...

, one of the four temperaments according to the Keirsey Temperament Sorter

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Asia

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Technology

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