guardian
/ˈɡɑɹ.di.ən/ noun B2- Someone who guards, watches over, or protects.
- A person legally responsible for a minor (in loco parentis).
- A person legally responsible for an incompetent person.
- A superior in a Franciscan monastery.
- A major or final enemy; boss.
- A servicemember of the United States Space Force.
Plural guardians
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But when the Wolf, day after day, kept in the company of the sheep and did not make the slightest effort to seize them, the Shepherd began to look upon him as a guardian of his flock rather than as a plotter of evil against it; and when occasion called him one day into the city, he left the sheep entirely in his charge.
## Chapter X The Guardian of the Gate
I am the Guardian of the Gates, and since you demand to see the Great Oz I must take you to his Palace.
The Guardian of the Gates found a pair that would just fit Dorothy and put them over her eyes.
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