warder
warder¹
Definition
warder (wôr′dər)
noun
- a person who guards; watchman
- a person who guards an entrance
- Chiefly Brit. a prison guard or officer
Etymology: ME wardere < Anglo-Fr wardour, for OFr garder: see guard
warder²
Definition
warder (wôr′dər)
noun
a staff or rod formerly carried by a king, commander, etc. as a mark of authority, and used to signal his wishes
Etymology: LME < wardrer, a club < ? warden, ward
warder
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- ask: There is no need to pre-book; please ask a warder for assistance.
- tell: Inmates would do as they were told, warders would not.
Converse of subject
- beat: They were starved of adequate food and were routinely beaten by sectarian, bigoted prison warders.
Adjective modifier
- chief: Reluctantly, they put their own needs on hold and sought out the chief warder.
- male: Only in the sense that he's the main male warder.
- female: However, on being searched by a female warder her clothing was found to be saturated with blood.
- new: Having shown good behavior in the workshop he was put in the gang at work at the new warders ' houses.
- Dutch: The Dutch brought Indonesian craftsmen to teach the craft to Dutch warders in several factories in Holland from 1835.
- other: The Chief Warder's quarters and those of the thirteen other warders were in Cameron Road to the east of the prison site.
Noun used with modifier
- yeoman: The Tower of London have some special late night entrances with private tours with the yeoman warders.
- prison: He was told of his sentence by a prison warder who took a sadistic delight in its severity.
- woman: She desperately wanted to talk to someone, but the women warders were very strict.
Preposition: in
- charge: The warder in charge of the GMEX trip said, " We did not have any concerns about it.
Preposition: for
- assistance: There is no need to pre-book; please ask a warder for assistance.
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