warden

5 definitions found

warden - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Warden \Ward"en\, n. [OE. wardein, OF. wardein, gardein,
     gardain, F. gardien. See Guardian, and Ward guard.]
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     1. A keeper; a guardian; a watchman.
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              He called to the warden on the . . . battlements.
                                                    --Sir. W.
                                                    Scott.
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     2. An officer who keeps or guards; a keeper; as, the warden
        of a prison.
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     3. A head official; as, the warden of a college; specifically
        (Eccl.), a churchwarden.
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     4. [Properly, a keeping pear.] A large, hard pear, chiefly
        used for baking and roasting. [Obs.]
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              I would have had him roasted like a warden. --Beau.
                                                    & Fl.
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     Warden pie, a pie made of warden pears. [Obs.] --Shak.
        [1913 Webster] Wardenry

warden - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  warden
      n 1: the chief official in charge of a prison

warden - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Warden, LA
    Zip code(s): 71232
  Warden, WA (town, FIPS 76160)
    Location: 46.96789 N, 119.04699 W
    Population (1990): 1639 (543 housing units)
    Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 98857

warden - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  WARDEN. A guardian; a keeper. This is the name given to various officers: 
  as, the warden of the prison; the wardens of the port of Philadelphia; 
  church wardens. 
  
  

warden - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  98 Moby Thesaurus words for "warden":
     air warden, alderman, archon, attendant, bailie, bull,
     burghermaster, burgomaster, cabinet member, cabinet minister,
     caretaker, castellan, cerberus, chancellor, chief executive,
     chief executive officer, city councilman, city father,
     city manager, commandant, commissar, commissioner, concierge,
     conservator, councillor, councilman, councilwoman,
     county commissioner, county supervisor, curator, custodian, custos,
     dean, doorkeeper, doorman, elder, executive, executive director,
     executive officer, executive secretary, forest ranger, game warden,
     gamekeeper, gaoler, gatekeeper, governor, guard, guardian,
     guardian angel, headman, induna, jailer, janitor, keeper,
     legislator, lifeguard, lifesaver, lord mayor, magistrate, maire,
     management, managing director, mayor, minister, minister of state,
     next friend, officer, official, ostiary, porter, portreeve,
     prefect, president, prexy, principal keeper, prison guard,
     prochein ami, provost, ranger, receptionist, reeve, screw,
     secretary, secretary of state, selectman, shepherd, steward,
     supervisor, syndic, the administration, treasurer, turnkey,
     undersecretary, usher, vice-chancellor, vice-president, warder,
     watchdog