warden means A surname originating as an occupation for a warden.
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warden is pronounced /ˈwɔːdən/.
Etymology
From Middle English wardein, from Anglo-Norman wardein, from warder (“to guard”), variant of Old French guarder (“to guard”) (whence modern French garder, also English guard), from Proto-Germanic *ward-; related to Old High German wartēn (“to watch”). Compare guardian, French gardien, from Old French guardian, guardein. Compare also ward and reward. Doublet of guardian.
name
- A surname originating as an occupation for a warden.
- A village and civil parish in south Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY9166).
noun
- A guard or watchman.e.g.“He called to the wardens on the outside battlements.” — 1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, chapter IV, in Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinso
- A chief administrative officer of a prison.e.g.“The warden of the state prison, Ezekiel Purdy, was a kind man if stern. He invariably made all newcomers a little speech of welcome […]” — 1934, Nathanael West, “Chapter 7”, in A Cool Million:
- An official charged with supervisory duties or with the enforcement of specific laws or regulations; such as a game warden or air-raid warden.
- A governing official in various institutionse.g.“the warden of a college”
- A variety of pear.e.g.“Faith I would have had him rosted like a warden in a brown Paper, and no more talk on’t:” — c. 1607–1611, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “Cupid’s Revenge”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, Act II, scene
verb
- To carry out the duties of a warden.
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