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Guardian usually refers to:
(The ) Guardian (s ) may also refer to:
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
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 rôle hypothesised 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 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)
Films
Games
Literature
Music
News and periodicals
Australia
Canada
United Kingdom
Guardian Media Group , owners of The Guardian , The Observer and The Guardian Weekly
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, later tri-weekly, newspaper in Ashburton, New Zealand
The Guardian (Belize) , the official print organ of the United Democratic Party
Daily Guardian (Iloilo) , an English-language newspaper in Iloilo City, Philippines
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
Episodes
Visual arts
Guardian (sculpture) , a statue in Abertillery, Wales, UK
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) (Guardian ), several monumental outdoor sculpture by Anatol Herzfeld
Businesses and organizations
Financial institutions
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
Other military uses
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
United States
Technology
Other uses
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
Topics referred to by the same term