wardership

Variant of warder

warder definition

warder (wôr′dər)

noun

  1. a person who guards; watchman
  2. a person who guards an entrance
  3. Chiefly Brit. a prison guard or officer

Etymology: ME wardere < Anglo-Fr wardour, for OFr garder: see guard

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