2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Warder \Ward"er\, n.
1. One who wards or keeps; a keeper; a guard. ``The warders
of the gate.'' --Dryden.
2. A truncheon or staff carried by a king or a commander in
chief, and used in signaling his will
When lo! the king suddenly changed his mind, Casts
down his warder to arrest them there --Daniel.
Wafting his warder thrice about his head, He cast it
up with his auspicious hand, Which was the signal,
through the English spread, This they should charge.
--Drayton.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
warder
n : the chief official in charge of a prison [syn: {warden}]
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