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'''Guardian''' usually refers to:
* [[Legal guardian]], a person with the authority and duty to care for the interests of another
* ''[[The Guardian]]'', a British daily newspaper

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

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== Places ==
* [[Guardian, West Virginia]], United States, an unincorporated community in Webster County
* [[Guardian Nunatak]], a landform on Antarctica's Dufek Coast
* [[Guardian Rock]], an islet off the Antarctic Peninsula in Bigourdan Fjord
* [[Guardian telephone exchange]], Manchester, England
* [[Wonder Mountain's Guardian]], a roller coaster at Canada's Wonderland, Vaughan, Ontario

== People ==
* [[GuardiaN]] (Ladislav Kovács; born 1991), Slovak professional video-game player
* [[Angel Guardian]] (born 1998), Filipina actress and singer
* [[Don Guardian]] (born 1953), mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States

==Arts, entertainment, and media==
===Fictional entities===
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* [[Guardian (comics)]], characters from various comics
* [[Guardian (DC Comics)]], a DC Comics superhero
* [[Guardian (Highlander)|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 (video game)|Destiny]]'', a 2014 first-person shooter video game
* Guardians, a playable class in the game ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]''
* [[Philosopher king]]s, also called Guardians, a rôle hypothesised in Plato's ''Republic''
* The Guardian, the main and player character of ''[[The Guardian Legend]]'', a 1988 video game
* The Guardian, an [[List of Ultima characters#The Guardian|alien being in the ''Ultima'']] series of role-playing video games
* The Guardians, a group of characters in the 1984 TV series ''[[Challenge of the GoBots]]''
* Guardians, police officers in [[The Handmaid's Tale (TV series)|''The Handmaid's Tale'' (TV series)]]
* Guardians, enemies in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild]]''

===Films===
* ''Guardian'', a 2001 film directed by [[John Terlesky]]
* [[The Guardian (1917 film)|''The Guardian'' (1917 film)]], a silent film starring Montagu Love and June Elvidge
* [[The Guardian (1990 film)|''The Guardian'' (1990 film)]], a horror film directed by William Friedkin
* ''The Guardian'', a 1997 television film starring [[Stephanie Niznik]]
* [[The Guardian (2006 film)|''The Guardian'' (2006 film)]], a drama starring Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher
* [[Guardians (2012 film)|''Guardians'' (2012 film)]], a German action film
* [[Guardians (2017 film)|''Guardians'' (2017 film)]], a Russian superhero film
* [[The Guardians (2017 film)|''The Guardians'' (2017 film)]], a French film directed by Xavier Beauvois
* [[Guardian (2021 film)|''Guardian'' (2021 film)]], a Malayalam-language film directed by Satheesh Paul
* [[Guardian (2024 film)|''Guardian'' (2024 film)]], a Tamil-language horror film directed by Sabari and Guru Saravanan
* [[The Guardian (2024 film)|''The Guardian'' (2024 film)]], a South Korean-Philippine action drama film directed by Jeong Jang-hwan

===Games===
* [[Guardian (1986 video game)|''Guardian'' (1986 video game)]], a 1986 beat 'em up for arcades
* [[Guardians (card game)|''Guardians'' (card game)]], a collectible card game published in 1995/96
* [[Guardian (video game)|''Guardian'' (video game)]], a 1994 3D shoot 'em up for the Amiga CD32 games console
* [[Guardians (video game)|''Guardians'' (video game)]], a 1995 coin-operated arcade game

===Literature===
* [[Guardians (play)|''Guardians'' (play)]], a 2005 off-Broadway stage play by Peter Morris
* [[The Guardian (novel)|''The Guardian'' (novel)]], a 2003 novel by Nicholas Sparks
* [[The Guardian (play)|''The Guardian'' (play)]], a 1633 Caroline era stage play by Philip Massinger, reworked 1642 by A. Cowley
* [[The Guardians (Christopher novel)|''The Guardians'' (Christopher novel)]], a 1970 novel by John Christopher
* [[The Guardians (Abbey novel)|''The Guardians'' (Abbey novel)]], a 1982 novel by Lynn Abbe
* ''[[The Guardians (Grisham novel)]]'', a 2019 legal thriller novel by John Grisham
* ''The Guardians'', a series of military science fiction novels by [[Victor Milán|Richard Austin]]
* ''The Guardians'', a novel by [[Ana Castillo]]

===Music===
* [[Guardian (band)]], an American Christian hard rock/metal band
* [[Guardians (The Crimson Armada album)|''Guardians'' (The Crimson Armada album)]], 2009
* [[Guardians (August Burns Red album)|''Guardians'' (August Burns Red album)]], 2020
* [[Guardian (song)|"Guardian" (song)]], a 2012 song by Alanis Morissette from her album ''Havoc and Bright Lights''
* "Guardian", a song by Fates Warning from their 1986 album ''[[Awaken the Guardian]]''
* [[Guardians Drum and Bugle Corps]], a drum and bugle corp from Dallas, Texas

===News and periodicals===
====Australia====
* [[Daily Guardian (Sydney)|''Daily Guardian'' (Sydney)]], a former newspaper in Sydney, Australia
* ''The Guardian'', a bulletin of the [[Communist Party of Australia (1971)]]
* One of various [[List of newspapers in New South Wales|newspapers in New South Wales]]

====Canada====
* ''[[Brampton Guardian]]'', a free, weekly community newspaper in Ontario
* ''[[Etobicoke Guardian]]'', a weekly suburban newspaper in Toronto
* [[The Guardian (Charlottetown)|''The Guardian'' (Charlottetown)]], a daily newspaper on Prince Edward Island

====United Kingdom====
* [[Guardian Media Group]], owners of ''The Guardian'' , ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly''
** ''[[The Guardian]]'', formerly ''Manchester Guardian''
** [[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)|''The Guardian'' (1713)]], a London newspaper founded in 1713 and running only briefly
* [[The Guardian (Anglican newspaper)|''The Guardian'' (Anglican newspaper)]], an Anglican newspaper founded in 1846 and running until 1951
* [[List of newspapers published by Newsquest|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, later tri-weekly, newspaper in Ashburton, New Zealand
* [[The Guardian (Belize)|''The Guardian'' (Belize)]], the official print organ of the United Democratic Party
* [[Daily Guardian (Iloilo)|''Daily Guardian'' (Iloilo)]], an English-language newspaper in Iloilo City, Philippines
* [[The Guardian (Nigeria)|''The Guardian'' (Nigeria)]], an independent daily newspaper published in Lagos, Nigeria
* ''[[The Sunday Guardian]]'', a weekly newspaper based in New Delhi, India
* ''[[Trinidad and Tobago Guardian]]'', a daily newspaper in Trinidad and Tobago

===Television and web series===
====Series====
* [[Guardian (web series)|''Guardian'' (web series)]], a Chinese web drama released in 2018
* ''[[Guardians Evolution]]'', a 2014 claymation series on APTN Kids
* [[The Guardian (TV series)|''The Guardian'' (TV series)]], a CBS series that first aired in 2001 starring Simon Baker
* [[The Guardians (South Korean TV series)|''The Guardians'' (South Korean TV series)]], South Korea
* ''[[Guardian: The Lonely and Great God]]'', South Korea
* [[The Guardians (British TV series)|''The Guardians'' (British TV series)]], a 1971 UK television drama series

====Episodes====
* [[Guardians (The Walking Dead)|"Guardians" (''The Walking Dead'')]], an episode of the television series ''The Walking Dead''
* [[The Guardian (Sliders)|"The Guardian" (''Sliders'')]], an episode of the television series ''Sliders''

===Visual arts===
* [[Guardian (sculpture)|''Guardian'' (sculpture)]], a statue in Abertillery, Wales, UK
* [[The Guardian (sculpture)|''The Guardian'' (sculpture)]], a public artwork in Redwood City, California, USA
* ''Guardians'', artworks by American artist [[Kris Neely]]
* ''[[Guardians of Traffic]]'', a set of statues on the Hope Memorial Bridge in Cleveland, Ohio, USA
* [[Wächter (Anatol)|''Wächter'' (Anatol)]] (''Guardian''), several monumental outdoor sculpture by Anatol Herzfeld

==Businesses and organizations==
===Financial institutions===
* [[Guardian Bank]], Kenya
* [[Guardian Building Society]], United Kingdom
* [[Guardian Capital Group]], a publicly traded asset management company
* [[The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America]], a mutual life insurance company domiciled in New York
===Other businesses and organizations===
* [[Guardian Angels]], an international volunteer organization for unarmed crime prevention
* [[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

==Military==
===Military vehicles===
* [[Boeing AH-64 Apache#AH-64E|Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian]], a variant of the AH-64 Apache
* [[Dassault Falcon 20|Dassault HU-25 Guardian]], a modified Falcon 20 business jet formerly used by the U.S. Coast Guard
* [[Grumman AF Guardian]], a warplane of the U.S. Navy
* [[HMS Guardian|HMS ''Guardian'']], three ships of the Royal Navy
* [[USS Guardian|USS ''Guardian'']], three ships of the U.S. Navy

===Other military uses===
* [[Northrop Grumman Guardian]], an anti-missile system for commercial airliners
* Space professionals of the [[United States Space Force]]
* [[Weishi Rockets]] ({{zh|c=卫士|l=Guardian|links=no}}), a family of Chinese multiple rocket launcher systems

==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

==Sports==
===Asia===
* [[Fubon Guardians]], a team in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) in Taiwan
* [[Galle Guardians]], a provincial T20 cricket team in Sri Lanka

===United States===
* [[Cleveland Guardians]], a team in Major League Baseball (MLB) known as the Cleveland Indians from 1915 through 2021
* [[Dallas Beer Guardians]], an independent supporters group of FC Dallas of Major League Soccer (MLS)
* [[Golden Guardians]], an esports organization
* [[Orlando Guardians]], an American-football team in the XFL, formerly the New York Guardians
* San Diego Guardians, a team in [[The Basketball League]] (TBL)

==Technology==
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* [[Guardian (database)]], an intel reporting system the FBI use to track threats
* [[Guardian (polymer)]], a substrate used in the production of polymer banknotes
* [[Galaxy (spacecraft)|''Galaxy'' (spacecraft)]], previously ''Guardian'', a cancelled prototype space habitat

==Other uses==
* [[Guardian (fireboat)|''Guardian'' (fireboat)]], a fireboat operated in the San Francisco Bay since 1990 in reserve status
* [[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 temperament]], one of the four temperaments according to the Keirsey Temperament Sorter

==See also==
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* {{in title}}
* [[Defender (disambiguation)]]
* [[Guard (disambiguation)]]
* [[Guarda (disambiguation)]]
* [[Guardia (disambiguation)]]
* [[La Guardia (disambiguation)]]
* [[The Guard (disambiguation)]]
* [[The Guardian (disambiguation)]]

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