Warden

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The chief administrative official of a prison.
  • n. An official charged with the enforcement of certain laws and regulations: an air raid warden.
  • n. Chiefly British The chief executive official in charge of a port or market.
  • n. Chiefly British Any of various crown officers having administrative duties.
  • n. Chiefly British One of the governing officials of certain colleges, schools, guilds, or hospitals; a trustee.
  • n. The chief executive of a borough in certain states.
  • n. A churchwarden.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A guard or watchman.
  • n. A chief administrative officer of a prison
  • n. An official charged with supervisory duties or with the enforcement of specific laws or regulations; such as a game warden or air raid warden
  • n. A governing official in various institutions
  • n. A variety of pear, thought to be Black Worcester or Parkinson's Warden.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A keeper; a guardian; a watchman.
  • n. An officer who keeps or guards; a keeper.
  • n. A head official; ; specifically (Eccl.), a churchwarden.
  • n. A large, hard pear, chiefly used for baking and roasting.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In Australia, a government officer, with magisterial and executive powers, in charge of a gold-field.
  • n. In freemasonry, one of the officers of a lodge.
  • n. A guard or watchman; a guardian.
  • n. A chief or principal keeper; an officer who keeps or guards: as, the warden of the Fleet (or Fleet prison).
  • n. The title given to the head of some colleges and schools, and to the superior of some conventual churches.
  • n. 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.
  • n. A kind of pear, used chiefly for roasting or baking.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the chief official in charge of a prison
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    keeper    guardian    watchman    herenach    dizdar    disdar   
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    Borden    Gordon    Jordan    cordon   
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