Meanings
plural guardian angels
- lifestyleA tutelary angel watching over a particular person (and sometimes rescuing them) in monotheistic contexts.
I think your guardian angel was working overtime this week. You're lucky to be unscathed.
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"We may call them 'guardian angels' as the Catholics do, or 'guides' or 'controls', but whatever you call them, they really do exist and they guard us from evil on the spiritual plane."
1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019 - figurativelyA person who benevolently watches over another or rescues them.
The guy who came upon the accident scene was my guardian angel. He doused the flames and called the paramedics.
1 more example
I don't know when you appointed yourself my guardian angel, but I can take care of my own self, thank you very much!
1980 August 2, Andrea F. Loewenstein, “Random Lust”, in Gay Community News, page 15
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan angel believed to have special affection for a particular individual
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans beskermengel
- beskermengelspirit
Arabic مَلَاك حَارِس
- مَلَاك حَارِس (malāk ḥāris)spirit
Chinese Mandarin 守護天使 /守护天使, 守護天使 /守护天使
- 守護天使 /守护天使 (shǒuhù tiānshǐ)person
- 守護天使 /守护天使 (shǒuhù tiānshǐ)spirit
Czech anděl strážný, anděl strážce
- anděl strážnýspirit
- anděl strážcespirit
Danish skytsengel
- skytsengelspirit
Dutch beschermengel, engelbewaarder
- beschermengelspirit
- engelbewaarderspirit
Esperanto gardanĝelo
- gardanĝelospirit
Estonian kaitseingel
- kaitseingelspirit
Finnish suojelija, suojelusenkeli
- suojelijaperson
- suojelusenkelispirit
French ange gardien, ange gardien
- ange gardienperson
- ange gardienspirit
German Schutzengel, Beschützer in der Not
- Schutzengelperson
- Beschützer in der Notperson
- Schutzengelspirit
Greek φύλακας άγγελος, φύλακας άγγελος
- φύλακας άγγελος (fýlakas ángelos)person
- φύλακας άγγελος (fýlakas ángelos)spirit
Hungarian őrangyal, őrangyal
- őrangyalperson
- őrangyalspirit
Indonesian malaikat pelindung
- malaikat pelindungspirit
Irish aingeal coimhdeachta
- aingeal coimhdeachtaspirit
Italian angelo custode
- angelo custodespirit
Japanese 守護天使
- 守護天使 (shugotenshi)spirit
Korean 수호천사
- 수호천사 (suhocheonsa)spirit
Latin angelus custōs
- angelus custōsspirit
Māori anahera kaitiaki
- anahera kaitiakispirit
Norwegian Bokmål skytsengel
- skytsengelspirit
Persian فرشتهٔ نگهبان
- فرشتهٔ نگهبان (ferešte-ye negahbân)spirit
Polish anioł stróż, Anioł Stróż
- anioł stróżperson
- Anioł Stróżspirit
Portuguese anjo da guarda, anjo da guarda
- anjo da guardaperson
- anjo da guardaspirit
Romanian înger păzitor
- înger păzitorspirit
Russian а́нгел-храни́тель
- а́нгел-храни́тель (ángel-xranítelʹ)spirit
Slovak anjel strážny, anjel strážny
- anjel strážnyperson
- anjel strážnyspirit
Spanish ángel protector, ángel de la guarda
- ángel protectorspirit
- ángel de la guardaspirit
- ángel custodiospirit
Swahili malaika mlinzi
- malaika mlinzispirit
Swedish skyddsängel, änglavakt
- skyddsängelspirit
- änglavaktspirit
Tagalog anghel na bantay, hilagyo
- anghel na bantayspirit
- hilagyospirit
Tamil காவல் தேவதை
- காவல் தேவதை (kāval tēvatai)spirit
Turkish koruyucu melek
- koruyucu melekspirit
Vietnamese thiên thần hộ mệnh.
- thiên thần hộ mệnh.spirit
Cite this entry
guardian angel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guardian%20angel
“guardian angel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guardian%20angel. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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