Guardian

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Guardian or guardians most often refers to a legal guardian.

It may also refer to:

Contents 1 Newspapers 1.1 In the United Kingdom 1.2 In Canada 1.3 In the United States 1.4 In other countries 2 Military 3 Film, television and theatre 4 Books and comics 5 Card and computer games 6 Other meanings

[edit] Newspapers

[edit] In the United Kingdom

• The Guardian, founded in 1821 as the Manchester Guardian and renamed in 1959
• The Guardian (1713), founded in 1713 and running only briefly
• The Guardian (Anglican newspaper), an Anglican newspaper founded in 1846 and running until 1951

[edit] In Canada

• Brampton Guardian
• Charlottetown Guardian
• Etobicoke Guardian
• York Guardian

[edit] In the United States

• San Francisco Bay Guardian
• Guardian (US), a New York newspaper founded in 1948 as the National Guardian, renamed in 1967 and running until 1992

[edit] In other countries

• The Guardian (Belize)
• The Guardian (Nigeria)
• The newspaper of the Communist Party of Australia (revived)

[edit] Military

• AF Guardian, a warplane of the US Navy
• HMS Guardian, three ships of the Royal Navy
• Northrop Grumman Guardian, an anti-missile system for commercial airliners

[edit] Film, television and theatre

• The Guardian (1990 film), a horror film directed by William Friedkin
• The Guardian (2006 film), a drama starring Kevin Costner
• The Guardian (TV series), a CBS series that first aired in 2001
• The Guardians (TV series), an ITV series that aired in 1971
• The Guardian (play), the Caroline era stage play by Philip Massinger
• Guardians (play), an Off-Broadway stage play by Peter Morris
• A group of characters in the TV series Challenge of the GoBots
• A character on the TV series The Tribe

[edit] Books and comics

• The Guardians (novel), a novel by John Christopher
• Guardian (comics), a Marvel Comics superhero and a Golden Age DC Comics hero
• A series of military science fiction novels by Richard Austin
• A novel by Nicholas Sparks

[edit] Card and computer games

• Guardians (card game)
• Guardian (Ultima), the final villain of the Ultima computer game series
• A unit in the computer game Battle Realms

[edit] Other meanings

• Guardian (band)
• Shoghi Effendi, the appointed leader (Guardian) of the Bahá'í Faith from 1921 to 1957
• Philosopher king, a type of figure in Plato's Republic
• One of the four temperaments according to the Keirsey Temperament Sorter
• A custom operating system used by Tandem Computers

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