different between guardian vs guardienne

English

Etymology

From Middle English gardein, garden, (also wardein, > Modern English warden), from Anglo-Norman guardein, from Old French *guardian, gardein, garden, *gardenc, from the verb guarder, of Germanic origin. Compare French gardien. Doublet of warden.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /????di.?n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /????d??n/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d??n

Noun

guardian (plural guardians)

1. Someone who guards, watches over, or protects.
2. (law) A person legally responsible for a minor (in loco parentis).
3. (law) A person legally responsible for an incompetent person.
4. A superior in a Franciscan monastery.
5. (video games) A major or final enemy; boss.

Derived terms

• guardian angel
• guardianship
• guard

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ?????? (g?dian)

Translations

Anagrams

• Grauniad

Middle French

Etymology

Old French garden, from the verb guarder.

Noun

guardian m (plural guardians)

1. guardian; protector

English

Etymology

guardi(an) + -enne, female-agent noun suffix

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /????d???n/

Noun

guardienne (plural guardiennes)

1. A woman, girl, or other female force who or which guards; a female guardian.
   • 1897: Samuel Mathewson Baylis, Camp and Lamp, page 87 (Wm. Drysdale & Co.)

     As we had the only available crafts, gallantry would dictate that we should, at least, make formal tender of these; but our wrath was high against the guardienne at the gate permitting so many more to pass where the resources were already fully taxed that, each waiting for the other raft-party to do their duty, and both satisfied that pic-nics could better be held on dry land than aboard wet rafts, no move was made by either of us — and the fishing proceeded!

   • 2007: Kev Reynolds, The Tour of Mont Blanc: Complete Two-way Trekking Guide, page 186 (Cicerone Press Limited; ?ISBN

     Some evenings the guardienne entertains with music on her accordian [sic].

   • 2008: Martin Calder, A Summer in Gascony: Discovering the Other South of France, page 163 (Nicholas Brealey Pub; ?ISBN)

     I remarked to the guardienne about the number of lizards running everywhere in the ruins.

   • 2008: Stephen Platt and Scharlie Platt, Corsica GR20 South, page 23 (Lulu.com, Leveret Publishing; ?ISBN)

     The guardienne has told us that the weather will be bad “il pleu toutes le jour”, so we wait till after breakfast to decide whether to take the low or high route to Refuge l’Onda.

Anagrams

• unregained