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                    as in custodians
                                                
              
          
                                                      a person or group that watches over someone or something                                       
              
                             the state became his guardian when he was put into protective custody                         
                
                                                                                                                                
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                    as in keepers
                                                
              
          
                                                      a person who takes care of a property sometimes for an absent owner                                       
              
                             the guardians of the summer estate awaited the return of the tycoon                         
                
                                                                                                                                
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                    as in defenders
                                                
              
          
                                                      someone that protects                                       
              
                             the editor defended his newspaper's unrelenting exposure of government corruption, arguing that it is journalism's role to act as a guardian of democracy                         
                
                                                                                                                                
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                    as in caregivers
                                                
              
          
                                                      a person who has responsibility for the care of another                                       
              
                             when her parents died, her aunt became her legal guardian                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                          
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