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warder |
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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