Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The chief administrative official of a prison.
- noun An official charged with the enforcement of certain laws and regulations.
- noun The chief executive official in charge of a port or market.
- noun Any of various crown officers having administrative duties.
- noun One of the governing officials of certain colleges, schools, guilds, or hospitals; a trustee.
- noun The chief executive of a borough in certain states.
- noun A churchwarden.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A kind of pear, used chiefly for roasting or baking.
- noun In Australia, a government officer, with magisterial and executive powers, in charge of a gold-field.
- noun In freemasonry, one of the officers of a lodge.
- noun A guard or watchman; a guardian.
- noun A chief or principal keeper; an officer who keeps or guards: as, the warden of the Fleet (or Fleet prison).
- noun The title given to the head of some colleges and schools, and to the superior of some conventual churches.
- noun In Connecticut boroughs, the chief executive officer of the municipal government; in a few Rhode Island towns, a judicial officer. In colonial times the name was sometimes used in place of fire-warden or fire-ward.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A keeper; a guardian; a watchman.
- noun An officer who keeps or guards; a keeper.
- noun A head official; ; specifically (Eccl.), a churchwarden.
- noun obsolete A large, hard pear, chiefly used for baking and roasting.
- noun [Obs.] a pie made of warden pears.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic or literary A
guard orwatchman . - noun A
chief administrative officer of aprison - noun An
official charged withsupervisory duties or with theenforcement of specificlaws orregulations ; such as a game warden or air raid warden - noun A
governing official in variousinstitutions - noun archaic, slang A variety of pear, thought to be Black Worcester or Parkinson's Warden.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the chief official in charge of a prison
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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If the warden is an understanding you could just as easily keep the deer as get it cofiscated.
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If the warden is an understanding you could just as easily keep the deer as get it cofiscated.
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I have always loved David Wain, so hearing him as the warden is a real treat.
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How about if I dress up as a mean warden from a Southern prison, would that get you all hot and bothered little guy?
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I know my local game warden is worked to death and many times does not have the resources to investigate all of the calls that he gets.
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What game warden is not going to come up and check it anyway.
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I know my local game warden is worked to death and many times does not have the resources to investigate all of the calls that he gets.
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We get out of the truck discussing whether the game warden is ready for just such a stunt? do they really care when it comes to squirrels?
Anyone got a humorous hunting story that is as of yet untold? Here's my latest. 2009
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We get out of the truck discussing whether the game warden is ready for just such a stunt? do they really care when it comes to squirrels?
Anyone got a humorous hunting story that is as of yet untold? Here's my latest. 2009
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If a game warden is one to three days away, if they are even four to six HOURS away and noone is injured but the bear is dead.
brightshade commented on the word warden
I was once Junior Warden at an Episcopal church -- much to the amusement of local law enforcement, who thought it was the silliest title ever. while the attached definition (who gets to make these?), the job is not only in law enforcement.
Here's the Oxford American English Dictionary definition; what with it's English roots, it gives more weight to the Anglican role of wardens:
a person responsible for the supervision of a particular place or thing or for ensuring that regulations associated with it are obeyed : the warden of a local nature reserve | an air-raid warden.
• the head official in charge of a prison.
• a churchwarden.
• Brit. the head of certain schools, colleges, or other institutions.
DERIVATIVES
wardenship |-ˌ sh ip| |ˈwɔrdnˈʃɪp| noun
ORIGIN Middle English (originally denoting a guardian or protector): from Anglo-Norman French and Old Northern French wardein, variant of Old French guarden ‘guardian.’
June 7, 2009
agustinolvera commented on the word warden
Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer pg. 224
"Is he your warden, now to?."
December 2, 2010