n. 1. A guard, porter, or watcher of a gate or tower. 2. Chiefly British A prison guard. warder·ship′ n. |
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n. A baton formerly used by a ruler or commander as a symbol of authority and to signal orders. [Middle English, possibly from warden, to ward, from Old English weardian; see wer-3 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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