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  • noun Plural form of warder.

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Examples

  • Kosana was the chairman of a committee which selected candidate warders from a short list.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2002

  • Workshop duty for the warders was a singularly boring task as it involved sitting doing nothing for three hours in the morning and two and a half in the afternoon.

    Chapter 8 - The Escape Group Expands 1987

  • This door was never unlocked (by the warders, that is).

    Chapter 6 - We Meet the Comrades 1987

  • Cachalia said not all incidents could actually be classified as corruption because many officials - such as warders, police officers and prosecutors - were subject to intimidation and threats against themselves and their families by criminals in the areas where they lived.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1998

  • In fact, in a big prison astringent medicines are served out regularly by the warders as a matter of course.

    THE HUNGER WAIL 2010

  • Under pressure from government cuts, the gallery has instructed its warders – now called "gallery assistants" – to each watch over two rooms rather than one, as previously.

    Strike threatens Leonardo exhibition at National Gallery 2011

  • This prize-winning prison movie is the grim tale of a first offender convicted of violent assault and sent to the grimmest wing of a Danish jail, where he's exposed to endless brutality and humiliation by warders and experienced fellow inmates.

    R: Hit First, Hit Hardest – review 2011

  • On the 90-minute tour, the palace warders will tell many mysterious tales.

    Competition | Win a haunting evening at Hampton Court Palace 2011

  • Although warders were clearly recognisable by uniform, questioners did not otherwise reveal which portion of the audience they belonged to.

    Ken Clarke's night of trial on Question Time in jail 2011

  • The warders said it was impossible, but nevertheless the cell was empty, and half in half out of it lay the body of a dead guard.

    The Sleeping Wolf 2010

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