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warder

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A truncheon or staff of authority carried by a king, commander-in-chief, or other important dignitary.
  • noun One who keeps watch and ward; a keeper; a guard.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who wards or keeps; a keeper; a guard.
  • noun A truncheon or staff carried by a king or a commander in chief, and used in signaling his will.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A guard, especially in a prison.
  • noun archaic A truncheon or staff carried by a king or commander, used to signal commands.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a person who works in a prison and is in charge of prisoners

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Examples

  • Then, after asking how long the visitor wished to remain with the prisoners -- for Tichborne and Babington were quartered together -- he called a warder and committed Mr. Talbot to his guidance, to remain for two hours locked up in the cell.

    Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

  • "The warder is a normal person required to perform tasks under abnormal circumstances."

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2002

  • I was really worried, thinking that I would have to call a warder and explain what had happened.

    Chapter 4 - Awaiting-Trial 1987

  • His warder was a dumb dog, a squint-eyed Cerberus with what Count Victor for once condemned as a tribal gibberish for his language, so that he was incapable of understanding what was said to him even if he had been willing to converse.

    Doom Castle Neil Munro

  • Hogarth took off his boots under his blanket, and from them took out the vials; then, sitting up, commenced to call the warder, at the same time wetting the torn piece of shirt with some of the fluid.

    The Lord of the Sea 1906

  • He, however, is most generally known as warder of the rainbow, and god of heaven, and of the fruitful rains and dews which bring refreshment to the earth.

    Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas 1894

  • "There is a room reserved for special circumstances," and, calling a warder, he gave the necessary instructions.

    The Eternal City Hall Caine 1892

  • The warder was the one first suspected, on the ground that you must have had assistance from without.

    Under Wellington's Command A Tale of the Peninsular War Walter Paget 1867

  • There was no possibility of going round it, yet the drawbridges were already raised and the gates locked, so he boldly called the warder and showed his passport.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867

  • Venetian glasses were filled from flasks and jugs; I heard the guests praising the wines of Furstenberg and Bacharach, of Malvoisie and Cyprus, and I marked the effects of the noble and potent grape-juice, nay, now and then I played the part of "warder" to Uncle Christian; yet meseemed that it was only by another's will or ancient habit that I raised a warning finger.

    Margery — Volume 05 Georg Ebers 1867

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