Warden

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /ˈwɔːdÉ™n/
• US IPA: /ˈwɔːɹdÉ™n/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)dÉ™n

Origin

From Middle English wardein, from Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French 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. Compare also ward and reward.

Full definition of warden

Noun

1. (archaic or literary) A guard or watchman.
• Sir Walter ScottHe called to the warden on the ... battlements.
2. A chief administrative officer of a prison
3. An official charged with supervisory duties or with the enforcement of specific laws or regulations; such as a game warden or air raid warden
4. A governing official in various institutionsthe warden of a college
5. (archaic, slang) A variety of pear, thought to be Black Worcester or Parkinson's Warden.
• Beaumont and FletcherI would have had him roasted like a warden.
• Shakespeare, The Winter's TaleI must have saffron the colour of warden pies.

Anagrams

• Andrew
• wander
• warned