different between gardian vs ardian

English

Noun

gardian (plural gardians)

1. Obsolete form of guardian.

Anagrams

• Gradina, Radigan, gradian

French

Etymology

From Occitan. Doublet of gardien.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?.dj??/

Noun

gardian m (plural gardians)

1. An Occitan cowboy in the Camargue region

Further reading

• “gardian” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• agrandi

Middle English

Noun

gardian

1. Alternative form of gardein

Occitan

Etymology

Compare gardien.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?dj??/

Noun

gardian m (plural gardians)

1. An Occitan cowboy in the Camargue region of France.

Anagrams

• agrandi

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French gardien.

Noun

gardian m (plural gardieni)

1. guardian, guard, ward

Synonyms

• paznic, straj?, str?jer, p?zitor

English

Etymology

A compounding of the Scottish Gaelic àrd (“chief”) + eun (“bird”).

Noun

ardian (plural ardians)

1. (military, historical) A proposed but unadopted air-officer rank of the Royal Air Force equivalent to air vice-marshal.
   • 1936, The Periodical XXI–XXII, page 67

     A list of new titles was manufactured as follows: Ensign, Lieutenant, Flight-Leader, Squadron-Leader, Reeve, Banneret, Fourth-Ardian, Third-Ardian, Second-Ardian, Ardian, Air Marshal. […] “Ardian” comes from the Gaelic “Ard” meaning “chief”, and “Ian” or “Eun”, a “bird”.

Derived terms

Anagrams

• Adrian, Adrina, Darian, radian