Warder
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -É”Ë(r)dÉ™(r)
Full definition of warder
Noun
warder
(plural warders)- A guard, especially in a prison.
- (archaic) A truncheon or staff carried by a king or commander, used to signal commands.
- 1595, Samuel Daniel, Civil WarsWhen, lo! the king suddenly changed his mind,
Casts down his warder to arrest them there. - William Shakespeare, King Richard II, Act 1, Scene 3Stay, the king hath thrown his warder down.