warden

English

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈwɔːdən/
• (US) IPA: /ˈwɔːɹdən/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)dən

Etymology

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 wartēn (“to watch”). Compare guardian, French gardien, from Old French. Cf. also reward.

Noun

warden (plural wardens)

1. (archaic or literary) A guard or watchman.
2. A chief administrative officer of a prison
3. An official charged with supervisory duties or with the enforcement of specific laws or regulations; such as a game warden or air raid warden
4. A governing official in various institutions
5. (archaic, slang) A variety of pear, thought to be Black Worcester or Parkinson's Warden.

Translations

a chief administrative officer of a prison

• Arabic: آمر السجن (ar) (ʾāmir al-sijn) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 典獄長 (cmn), 典狱长 (cmn) (diǎnyùzhǎng), 看守人 (cmn) (kānshǒurén)

• Finnish: vankilanjohtaja (fi)
• French: directeur de la prison (fr) m
• German: Gefängnisdirektor (de) m

• Irish: bardach (ga) m
• Japanese: 刑務所長 (ja) (けいむしょちょう, keimusho-chō), 看守 (ja) (かんしゅ, kanshu) (warden)
• Macedonian: управник (mk) (úpravnik) m
• Norwegian: fengselsdirektør (no) m
• Russian: начальник тюрьмы (načálʹnik tjurʹmý) m
• Spanish: alcaide (es) m

an official charged with supervisory duties

• German: Aufseher (de) m
• Irish: maor (ga) m
• Japanese: 所長 (ja) (しょちょう, shochō)
• Jèrriais: gardgien m

• Macedonian: надзорник (mk) (nádzornik) m
• Russian: смотритель (ru) (smotrítelʹ) m, надзиратель (ru) (nadzirátelʹ) m
• Spanish: comandante (es) m, guardabosque (es) m, director (es) m, (fish) guardapesca (es), (game) guardacaza (es)

See also

• Warden on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Warden in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

Anagrams

• Andrew
• wander
• warned

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Low German

Alternative form

• wörden

Etymology

From Old Saxon werðan, from Proto-Germanic *werþaną.

Verb

warden

1. (Low saxon) to become
2. (Low saxon) to be

Conjugation

Conjugation of warden

indicative	present	preterite
1st person singular	ward	werd
2nd person singular	wörtst	werdst
3rd person singular	wörtt	werd
plural	wardt	werden
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	warde	werde
2nd person singular	wardest	werdest
3rd person singular	warde	werde
plural	warden	werden
imperative	present	—
singular	ward
plural	wardt
participle	present	past
	wardend	(e)worden