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guardian
noun as in keeper, protector
Strong matches
Cerberus, angel, attendant, baby-sitter, champion, chaperon, chaperone, conservator, cop, curator, custodian, defender, escort, guard, keeper, nurse, overseer, paladin, patrol, preserver, safeguard, sentinel, shepherd, sitter, sponsor, superintendent, supervisor, trustee, vigilante, warden, watchdog
Weak match
Example Sentences
Traditionally every woman has a 'wali', a male guardian who makes decisions on her behalf.
"But these are not benevolent guardians of personal memory."
She said that while she worked in public service throughout her career, her interactions with leaders in the private sector led her to believe that they would be “among the guardians of our democracy.”
Painting a nightmarish vision of what he claimed life would be like under a Farage government, he sought to portray the Lib Dems as the guardians of British values of "tolerance, decency, and respect".
As the child is under 14, officers are legally required to take him into temporary custody while they contact his guardians.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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