Guardian usually refers to:
*
Legal guardian
A legal guardian is a person who has been appointed by a court or otherwise has the legal authority (and the corresponding duty) to make decisions relevant to the personal and property interests of another person who is deemed incompetent, call ...
, a person with the authority and duty to care for the interests of another
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The Guardian'', a British daily newspaper
(The) Guardian(s) may also refer to:
Places
*
Guardian, West Virginia
Guardian is an unincorporated community in Webster County, West Virginia, United States. Guardian is located along the Right Fork Holly River and West Virginia Route 15, north-northwest of Webster Springs. Guardian had a post office
A pos ...
, United States, an unincorporated community in Webster County
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Guardian Nunatak Guardian Nunatak () is a rock exposure, high, on the ice-covered spur that descends from Mount Robert Scott east-northeastward toward the western edge of Hood Glacier, near the juncture with Ross Ice Shelf
The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest i ...
, a landform on Antarctica's Dufek Coast
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Guardian Rock, an islet off the Antarctic Peninsula in Bigourdan Fjord
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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
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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
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GuardiaN
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 ...
(Ladislav Kovács; born 1991), Slovak professional video-game player
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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 Ul ...
(born 1998), Filipina actress and singer
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Don Guardian
Donald A. Guardian (born June 12, 1953) is an American Republican Party politician who has represented 2nd Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly since taking office on January 11, 2022, when he became the first openly gay Re ...
(born 1953), mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Arts, entertainment, and media
Fictional entities
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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)
Guardian (James Jacob "Jim" Harper) is a DC Comics superhero introduced in April 1942 by writer/artist Joe Simon and artist Jack Kirby.
Guardian resembles the earlier Kirby and Simon character Captain America (first published 13 months earlier ...
, a DC Comics superhero
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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'', 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 king
The philosopher king is a hypothetical ruler in whom political skill is combined with philosophical knowledge. The concept of a city-state ruled by philosophers is first explored in Plato's ''Republic'', written around 375 BC. Plato argued that ...
s, also called Guardians, a rôle hypothesised in Plato's ''Republic''
* The Guardian, the main and player character of ''
The Guardian Legend'', 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 joine ...
''
* Guardians, police officers in
''The Handmaid's Tale'' (TV series)
Films
* ''Guardian'', a 2001 film directed by
John Terlesky
*
''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
*
''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
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''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
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''Guardians'' (play), a 2005 off-Broadway stage play by Peter Morris
*
''The Guardian'' (novel), a 2003 novel by Nicholas Sparks
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''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
Music
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Guardian (band)
Guardian is an American Christian hard rock and metal band. The band has released seven studio albums, three additional albums in Spanish, and toured extensively worldwide. There are also numerous compilations, independent releases, live recor ...
, an American Christian hard rock/metal band
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''Guardians'' (The Crimson Armada album), 2009
*
''Guardians'' (August Burns Red album), 2020
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"Guardian" (song), a 2012 song by Alanis Morissette from her album ''Havoc and Bright Lights''
*
Guardians Drum and Bugle Corps, a drum and bugle corp from Dallas, Texas
News and periodicals
Australia
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''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
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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'', a weekly suburban newspaper in Toronto
*
''The Guardian'' (Charlottetown), a daily newspaper on Prince Edward Island
United Kingdom
*
Guardian Media Group, owners of ''The Guardian'' , ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly''
** ''
The Guardian'', 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 and ...
'', a local weekly newspaper in Cornwall, England
* ''
Farmers Guardian
''Farmers Guardian'' is a weekly newspaper aimed at the British farming industry. It provides comprehensive and topical news with Livestock, Arable and Machinery sections; as well as business information and latest market prices. It is sold n ...
'', a weekly newspaper aimed at the British farming industry
* ''
Glasgow University Guardian'', 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.
References
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South Wales Guardian
The ''South Wales Guardian'' is a newspaper serving Ammanford and the surrounding ar ...
'', a local newspaper in Ammanford, Wales
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''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
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National Guardian'', 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 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
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''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'', a weekly newspaper based in New Delhi, India
* ''
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian'', a daily newspaper in Trinidad and Tobago
Television and web series
Series
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''Guardian'' (web series), a Chinese web drama released in 2018
* ''
Guardians Evolution ''Guardians Evolution'' (sometimes stylized ''Guardians: Evolution'' or abbreviated as ''GuardiansEvo'' or ''Guardians'') is a stop-motion animated TV series that broadcasts as part of APTN Kids on Aboriginal Peoples Television Network. It is broad ...
'', 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
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"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
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''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, 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, Unite ...
, United Kingdom
*
Guardian Capital Group, a publicly traded asset management company
*
The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America is one of the largest mutual life insurance companies in the world. Based in Manhattan, it has approximately 8,000 employees in the United States and a network of over 3,000 financial representativ ...
, 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 A ...
, an international volunteer organization for unarmed crime prevention
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Guardian Industries
Guardian Industries is a privately held industrial manufacturer of glass, automotive and building products based in Auburn Hills, Michigan, Auburn Hills, Michigan.
The company manufactures float glass, fabricated glass products, fiberglass insulat ...
, a manufacturer of glass, automotive and building products headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan
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Mannings, known as ''Guardian'' in Malaysia and Singapore, a health care retailer
Military
Military vehicles
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Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian, a variant of the AH-64 Apache
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Dassault HU-25 Guardian
The Dassault Falcon 20 is a French business jet developed and manufactured by Dassault Aviation. The first business jet developed by the firm, it became the first of a family of business jets to be produced under the same name; of these, both t ...
, a modified Falcon 20 business jet formerly used by the U.S. Coast Guard
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Grumman AF Guardian, 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
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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
*
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
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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
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Guardian (Baháʼí Faith), a now defunct hereditary office of the Bahá'í Faith
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Guardian angel, 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
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Medusa (meaning "Guardian" or "Protectress"), one of the Gorgons of Greek mythology
Sports
Asia
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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
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Galle Guardians
Galle Guardians cricket team is one of the five provincial cricket teams which make up the Sri Lankan domestic cricket structure representing mainly Galle District of Southern Province, Sri Lanka, and with some nearby provinces. In previous occas ...
, a provincial T20 cricket team in Sri Lanka
United States
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Cleveland Guardians, a team in Major League Baseball (MLB) known as the Cleveland Indians from 1915 through 2021
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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, 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 Bask ...
(TBL)
Technology
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Guardian (database), an intel reporting system the FBI use to track threats
*
Guardian (polymer), a substrate used in the production of polymer banknotes
*
''Galaxy'' (spacecraft), previously ''Guardian'', a cancelled prototype space habitat
Other uses
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''Guardian'' (fireboat), a fireboat operated in the San Francisco Bay since 1990 in reserve status
*
Guardian of Scotland, the ''de facto'' head of state of Scotland during the interregnums of 1290–1292 and 1296–1306
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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 perso ...
, one of the four temperaments according to the Keirsey Temperament Sorter
See also
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Defender (disambiguation)
*
Guard (disambiguation)
Guard or guards may refer to:
Professional occupations
* Bodyguard, who protects an individual from personal assault
* Crossing guard, who stops traffic so pedestrians can cross the street
* Lifeguard, who rescues people from drowning
* Prison ...
*
Guarda (disambiguation)
*
Guardia (disambiguation)
Guardia (Italian and Spanish, 'guard') may refer to:
People
*Guardia (surname), including a list of people with the name
*Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia (1900–1970), Costa Rican politician
*Francisco Calderón Guardia (1906–1977), Costa Ric ...
*
La Guardia (disambiguation)
La Guardia (Italian and Spanish, 'The Guard') or variants may refer to:
Places
* La Guardia, Bolivia
* La Guardia, Catamarca, Argentina
* La Guardia, Spain
* La Guardia, Pontevedra, Spain, also known as A Guarda
* La Guardia de Jaén, Jaén, Spa ...
*
The Guard (disambiguation)
*
The Guardian (disambiguation)
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