Guardian

Guardian may refer to:

Legal guardian, a person with the authority and duty to care for the interests of another

Guardian(s) or The Guardian(s) may also refer to:

Places

Guardian, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Webster County, West Virginia
Guardian Nunatak, a rock exposure near Mount Robert Scott in Antarctica
Guardian Rock, an ice-free rock in Bigourdan Fjord, off Antarctica

People

GuardiaN (born 1991), in-game name of Ladislav Kovács, Slovak professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive video game player
Don Guardian (born 1953), mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictitious or symbolic entities

Guardian (comics), 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, a 2014 first-person shooter video game
Guardians, a playable class in the game The Lord of the Rings Online
Philosopher kings, also called Guardians, a type of figure 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
The Guardians, a group of characters in the 1984 TV series Challenge of the GoBots

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

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 (novel), a 1970 novel by John Christopher
The Guardians, a series of military science fiction novels by Richard Austin
The Guardians, a novel by Ana Castillo

Music

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

Periodicals

Canada

Brampton Guardian, a free, weekly community newspaper in Ontario, Canada
Etobicoke Guardian, a weekly suburban newspaper in Toronto, Canada
The Guardian (Charlottetown), a daily newspaper of Prince Edward Island, Canada

United Kingdom

Guardian Media Group, owners of The Guardian and The Observer
- The Guardian, a center-left newspaper in the United Kingdom, founded in 1821 as the Manchester Guardian and renamed in 1959
  - theGuardian.com, online resource of The Guardian
Cornish Guardian, a local weekly newspaper in Cornwall, England
Farmers Guardian, a weekly newspaper aimed at the British farming industry
Glasgow University Guardian, the student newspaper of the University of Glasgow
Neath Guardian (published 1925–2009), a local weekly newspaper in Neath, Wales
South Wales Guardian, 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 (published 1901–1950), an African-American newspaper in Boston, Massachusetts
National Guardian, a New York weekly newspaper founded in 1948, renamed The Guardian in 1967 and running until 1992
San Francisco Bay Guardian, 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, a daily newspaper published in Ashburton, New Zealand
The Guardian (Belize), the official print organ of the United Democratic Party
The Guardian (Nigeria), an independent daily newspaper published in Lagos, Nigeria
The Sunday Guardian, an Indian weekly newspaper based in New Delhi
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian, 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
Guardians, artworks by American artist Kris Neely
The Guardian (sculpture), a 1995 public artwork by artist Ante Buljan in Redwood City, California, USA
Wächter (Anatol) (Guardian), several monumental outdoor sculpture by Anatol Herzfeld

Businesses and organizations

Guardian Building Society, a former UK building society, which merged into the Cheltenham & Gloucester Building Society
Guardian Capital Group, a publicly traded asset management company
Guardian Industries, a manufacturer of glass, automotive and building products headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan
Mannings, known as Guardian in Malaysia and Singapore, a health care retailer
The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, a mutual life insurance company domiciled in New York

Military

Grumman AF Guardian, a warplane of the U.S. Navy
HMS Guardian, three ships of the Royal Navy
Northrop Grumman Guardian, an anti-missile system for commercial airliners
USS Guardian, three ships of the U.S. Navy

Religion

Custos (Franciscans) or Guardian, the term used in place of Religious Superior among Franciscans
Guardian (Baháʼí Faith), a now defunct hereditary office of the Bahá'í Faith
Guardian angel, assigned to protect and guide a particular person or group
Guardian deity, a spirit who protects a particular place, person, culture or occupation
Medusa (meaning "Guardian" or "Protectress"), one of the Gorgons of Greek mythology

Other uses

Guardian (database), a reporting system used by the FBI to track threats and other intelligence information
Guardian (fireboat), a fireboat operated in the San Francisco Bay since 1990 in reserve status
Guardian (polymer), a substrate used in the production of polymer banknotes
Galaxy (spacecraft), previously Guardian, a cancelled prototype space habitat
Galle Guardians, a Sri Lankan domestic T20 cricket team
Guardian of Scotland, the de facto head of state of Scotland during the interregnums of 1290–1292 and 1296–1306
Guardian stones, standing stones at the corners of enclosures around a dolmen
Guardian telephone exchange, an underground telephone exchange
Guardian temperament, one of the four temperaments according to the Keirsey Temperament Sorter
Wonder Mountain's Guardian, an interactive dark ride roller coaster at Canada's Wonderland, Vaughan, Ontario, Canada

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