guardián
/ɡwaɾˈdjan/ · B1 · noun · m
defender
💂🛡️ guardián = guardar (to guard) + -ián, so it means the one who guards
From guardar, which comes from Germanic wardon, the same root as English ward and warden. Spanish turned the Germanic w- into gu-, as in guerra and war. Among Franciscans, the guardián is the superior who looks after the friary.