Warden Definition

wôrdn
wardens
noun
The chief administrative official of a prison.
Webster's New World
A person who guards, or has charge of, something; keeper, custodian, or special supervisory official.
Fire warden, game warden.
Webster's New World
An official charged with the enforcement of certain laws and regulations.
An air raid warden.
American Heritage
In England, a title for.
Webster's New World
Any of various crown officers having administrative duties.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Warden

Noun

Singular:
warden
Plural:
wardens

Origin of Warden

  • From Middle English wardein, from Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French wardein, from warder (“to guard"), variant of Old French guarder (“to guard") (whence modern French garder, also English guard), from Proto-Germanic *ward-; related to Old High German wartÄ“n (“to watch"). Compare guardian, French gardien, from Old French. Cf. also reward.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English wardein from Old North French from warder to guard of Germanic origin wer-3 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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