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warder
[
wawr
-der
]
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ward·er
1
/
ˈwɔr
dər
/
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[
wawr
-der
]
Show IPA
noun
1.
a person who guards something, as a doorkeeper or caretaker.
2.
a soldier or other person
set
to guard an entrance.
3.
Chiefly British
.
an official having charge of prisoners in a jail.
Origin:
1350–1400;
Middle English
warder
(
e
) (
see
ward
,
-er
1
); compare
Anglo-French
wardere
<
Middle English
Related forms
ward·er·ship,
noun
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ward·er
2
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dər
/
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[
wawr
-der
]
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noun
a truncheon or staff of office or authority, used in giving signals.
Origin:
1400–50;
late Middle English
< ?
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warder
or
wardress
1
(ˈwɔːdə)
—
n
1.
chiefly
(
Brit
) an officer in charge of prisoners in a jail
2.
a person who guards or has charge of something
[C14: from Anglo-French
wardere,
from Old French
warder
to
guard
, of Germanic origin]
wardress
or
wardress
1
—
n
[C14: from Anglo-French
wardere,
from Old French
warder
to
guard
, of Germanic origin]
'wardership
or
wardress
1
—
n
warder
2
(ˈwɔːdə)
—
n
(formerly) a staff or truncheon carried by a ruler as an emblem of authority and used to signal his wishes or intentions
[C15: perhaps from Middle English
warden
to
ward
]
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Word Origin & History
warder
c.1400, "guardian of an entrance," from Anglo-Fr. wardere "guardian," agent noun from O.N.Fr. warder "to guard" (O.Fr. garder), of Gmc. origin (see
guard
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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