warden

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔːdən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /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. Compare also ward and reward.

Noun

warden (plural wardens)

1. (archaic or literary) A guard or watchman.
   • Sir Walter Scott

     He called to the warden on the […] battlements.

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

   the warden of a college

5. (archaic, slang) A variety of pear, thought to be Black Worcester or Parkinson's Warden.
   • Beaumont and Fletcher

     I would have had him roasted like a warden.

   • Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale

     I must have saffron the colour of warden pies.

Translations

a chief administrative officer of a prison

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

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

• Dutch: gevangenbewaarder m, f
• Finnish: vankilanjohtaja
• French: directeur de la prison m
• German: Gefängnisdirektor (de) m

• Irish: bardach m
• Italian: direttore (it) m, direttrice (it) f
• Japanese: 刑務所長 (けいむしょちょう, keimusho-chō), 看守 (ja) (かんしゅ, kanshu) (warden)
• Macedonian: управник m (úpravnik)
• Maori: wātene
• Norwegian: fengselsdirektør m
• Portuguese: diretor (de presídio) m
• Russian: начальник тюрьмы (načálʹnik tjurʹmý) m
• Spanish: alcaide (es) m

an official charged with supervisory duties

• Dutch: opzichter (nl) m
• German: Aufseher (de) m
• Hungarian: felügyelő (hu)
• Irish: maor m
• Italian: preside (it) m, guardiano m, supervisore m, f
• Japanese: 所長 (ja) (しょちょう, shochō)
• Jèrriais: gardgien m

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

See also

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

Anagrams

• Andrew
• wander
• warned