• Warder

    Pronunciation

    • Rhymes: -ɔː(r)dÉ™(r)

    Full definition of warder

    Noun

    warder

    (plural warders)
    1. A guard, especially in a prison.
    2. (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.
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