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Definitions for Warden
[1] a person charged with the care or custody of persons, animals, or things; keeper.
[2] the chief administrative officer in charge of a prison.
[3] any of various public officials charged with superintendence, as over a port or wildlife.
[4] air-raid warden.
[5] firewarden.
[6] (in Connecticut) the chief executive officer of a borough.
[7] (formerly) the principal official in a region, town, etc.
[8] British . (initial capital letter ) a traditional title of the president or governor of certain schools and colleges: Warden of Merton College. a member of a livery company of the City of London.
[9] Canadian . the head of certain county or local councils.
[10] a member of the governing body of a guild.
[11] a churchwarden.
[12] a gatekeeper.
[13] any of several pears having a crisp, firm flesh, used in cookery.
[14] a person who has the charge or care of something, esp a building, or someone
[15] any of various public officials, esp one responsible for the enforcement of certain regulations
[16] a person employed to patrol a national park or safari park
[17] mainly US and Canadian the chief officer in charge of a prison
[18] British the principal or president of any of various universities or colleges
[19] See churchwarden (def. 1)
[20] a variety of pear that has crisp firm flesh and is used for cooking
Words related to Warden
caretaker, administrator, superintendent, curator, bodyguard, guardian, overseer, governor, deacon, ranger, guard, officer, custodian, keeper, janitor, skipper, watchdog, gamekeeper, dogcatcher
Words nearby Warden
ward, ward eight, ward heeler, ward off, warded, warden, wardenry, warder, wardian case, wardmote, wardour street
Origin of Warden
1175–1225; Middle English wardein < Old French (northeast dial.), equivalent to ward- (root of warder to guard; see ward) + -ein, variant of -ien, -enc < Germanic -ing -ing3
Other words from Warden
ward·en·ship , noun
sub·war·den , noun
sub·war·den·ship , noun
un·der·war·den , noun
Word origin for Warden
C15: of obscure origin
Synonyms for Warden
administrator, caretaker, curator, superintendent, bodyguard, custodian, deacon, gamekeeper, governor, guard, guardian, janitor, keeper, officer, overseer, ranger, skipper, watchdog, dogcatcher, jailer/jailor, prison head, watchkeeper