warder

English

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)də(r)

Noun

warder (plural warders)

1. A guard, especially in a prison.
2. (archaic) A truncheon or staff carried by a king or commander, used to signal commands.
   • 1595, Samuel Daniel, Civil Wars

     When, lo! the king suddenly changed his mind, / Casts down his warder to arrest them there.

   • William Shakespeare, King Richard II, Act 1, Scene 3

     Stay, the king hath thrown his warder down.

Translations

guard

• Hungarian: börtönőr (hu)
• Irish: bairdéir (ga) m

• Scottish Gaelic: maor-coimhid (gd) m
• Telugu: జైలు అధికారి (te) (jailu adhikaari)

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