different between guardian vs warren
guardian
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)
- Someone who guards, watches over, or protects.
- (law) A person legally responsible for a minor (in loco parentis).
- (law) A person legally responsible for an incompetent person.
- A superior in a Franciscan monastery.
- (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)
- guardian; protector
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warren
English
Etymology
From Middle English warenne, from Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French warenne (compare Old French guarenne, garenne (“game-park”), probably ultimately from Proto-Germanic *warjan? (“ward off, defend against”); compare also Old French warir, guarir, a borrowing from this Germanic root). Alternatively from Gaulish *warrenn? (“enclosed area”), from *warros (“stick, post”), Proto-Celtic *warr? (“post, prop”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?w???n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?w???n/
- Rhymes: -???n
Noun
warren (plural warrens)
- The system of burrows where rabbits live.
- (figuratively) A mazelike place of passages and/or rooms in which it's easy to lose oneself; especially one that may be overcrowded.
- (archaic) The class of small game such as hare, pheasants, stoats, etc., as opposed to beasts of chase such as deer, bear, and foxes.
- A place legally authorized for the keeping, breeding and hunting of beasts of warren, especially rabbits.
- (historical) The right to maintain and hunt an area of small beasts, similar to a free warren, but with certain limitations, such as restricting the right to hunt on parts of the land held by freeholders.
Derived terms
- Dawlish Warren
- free warren
- rabbit warren
- warrener
Translations
References
- warren at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Warner, warner
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?r?n
Noun
warren
- Plural form of war
Middle English
Verb
warren
- Alternative form of werren
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