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war·den

(wôrd′n)

1. The chief administrative official of a prison.

2. An official charged with the enforcement of certain laws and regulations: an air raid warden.

3. Chiefly British

a. The chief executive official in charge of a port or market.

b. Any of various crown officers having administrative duties.

c. One of the governing officials of certain colleges, schools, guilds, or hospitals; a trustee.

4. The chief executive of a borough in certain states.

5. A churchwarden.

[Middle English wardein, from Old North French, from warder, to guard, of Germanic origin; see wer- in Indo-European roots.]

war′den·ship′ n.

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warden

(ˈwɔːdən)

1. a person who has the charge or care of something, esp a building, or someone

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) any of various public officials, esp one responsible for the enforcement of certain regulations

3. (Professions) a person employed to patrol a national park or safari park

4. (Law) chiefly US and Canadian the chief officer in charge of a prison

5. (Education) Brit the principal or president of any of various universities or colleges

6. (Ecclesiastical Terms) See churchwarden¹

[C13: from Old Northern French wardein, from warder to guard, of Germanic origin; see guard]

ˈwardenry n

warden

(ˈwɔːdən)

(Cookery) a variety of pear that has crisp firm flesh and is used for cooking

[C15: of obscure origin]

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war•den

(ˈwɔr dn)

n.

1. a person charged with the care and custody of something; keeper.

2. the chief administrative officer in charge of a prison.

3. any of various public officials charged with superintendence or with enforcement of regulations, as a fire warden or game warden.

4. (in Connecticut) the chief executive officer of a borough.

5. (formerly) the principal official in a region, town, etc.

6. the president or governor of certain British schools and colleges.

7. a member of the governing body of a guild.

8. a churchwarden.

9. a gatekeeper.

[1175–1225; Middle English wardein < Old North French, =ward(er) to guard + -ein, variant of -enc < Germanic; see -ing³]

ward′en•ship`, n.

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Noun

warden - the chief official in charge of a prison

law officer, lawman, peace officer - an officer of the law

warden

noun

1. steward, guardian, administrator, superintendent, caretaker, curator, warder, custodian, watchman, janitor He was a warden at the local parish church.

2. jailer, prison officer, guard, screw (slang), keeper, captor, turnkey (archaic), gaoler The prisoners seized three wardens.

3. governor, head, leader, director, manager, chief, executive, boss (informal), commander, ruler, controller, overseer, baas (S. African) A new warden took over the prison.

4. ranger, keeper, guardian, protector, custodian, official a safari park warden

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warden

noun

A guard or keeper of a prison:

jailer, turnkey.

British: warder.

Translations

حارِس، قَيِّمسَجّانمُرَاقِبمُراقِب

správce

fængselschefopsynsmandvagtvildtopsynsmand

Aufseher Direktor Jagdaufseher Wart

διευθυντής φυλακών

alcaide director guarda guardián

valvoja

gardien patrouilleur aubergiste directeur garde

čuvar

közterületi felügyelõvezetõ

forstöîumaîurstöîumælavörîurveiîivörîur

guardiano direttore garda carceraria guardia forestale

看守管理者

관리인

draustinio prižiūrėtojaseismo prižiūrėtojaskalėjimo viršininkas

autoinspektorsceļu policistscietuma priekšniekskomendants

opzichter

bestyrer fengselsdirektør parkeringsvakt skogvokter trafikkonstabel

wartownik

guarda

смотритель

dozorca vo väzenípomocná dopravná strážprotiletecká hliadkarevírniksprávca väzenia

redarupravnik

uppsyningsman

av hayvanları bölgesi muhafızıbekçihapisane müdürümüdür trafik memuru

người giám sát

看守人交通管理员典狱官狩猎监督官

warden

[ˈwɔːdn] N [of castle] → guardián/ana m/f, alcaide (o.f.) m; (in institution) → encargado/a m/f (Univ) → rector(a) m/f (Aut) (also traffic warden) → controlador(a) m/f de estacionamiento (also church warden) → coadjutor(a) m/f (US) [of prison] → celador(a) m/f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

warden

[ˈwɔː^rd^ən] n

(British) [institution] → directeur/trice m/f

[park, game reserve] → gardien(ne) m/f

(British) (also traffic warden) → contractuel(le) m/f

warden

n (of youth hostel) → Herbergsvater m, → Herbergsmutter f; (= game warden) → Jagdaufseher(in) m(f); (= traffic warden) → ˜ Verkehrspolizist m, → ˜ Politesse f; (= air-raid warden) → Luftschutzwart m; (= fire warden) → Feuerwart(in) m(f); (of castle, museum etc) → Aufseher(in) m(f); (= head warden) → Kustos m; (of port) → (Hafen)aufseher(in) m(f); (of mint) → Münzwardein m; (Univ) → Heimleiter(in) m(f); (of Oxbridge college) → Rektor(in) m(f); (of prison) (Brit) → Wärter(in) m(f), → Aufseher(in) m(f); (US) → Gefängnisdirektor(in) m(f)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

warden

[ˈwɔːdn] n (of institution) → direttore/trice; (of park, game reserve) → guardiano/a

warden

(ˈwoːdn) noun

1. the person in charge of an old people's home, a student residence etc. The warden has reported that two students are missing from the hostel.

2. (also traffic warden) a person who controls parking and the flow of traffic in an area. If the (traffic) warden finds your car parked there you will be fined.

3. (American) the person in charge of a prison.

4. (also game warden) a person who guards a game reserve.

warden

→ مُرَاقِب správce opsynsmand Aufseher διευθυντής φυλακών guardián valvoja gardien čuvar guardiano 管理者 관리인 opzichter bestyrer wartownik guarda смотритель uppsyningsman เจ้าหน้าที่ดูแลสถาบัน เช่น หอพักเด็กนักเรียน bekçi người giám sát 看守人

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I was received very kindly by the warden, and went for many days to the academy.

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I am the Warden of the Treasure of the King's City!"

"The King's Treasure needs a new Warden, he said gravely.

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He lodged an information against Cornelius de Witt, setting forth that the warden -- who, as he had shown by the letters added to his signature, was fuming at the repeal of the Perpetual Edict -- had, from hatred against William of Orange, hired an assassin to deliver the new Republic of its new Stadtholder; and he, Tyckelaer was the person thus chosen; but that, horrified at the bare idea of the act which he was asked to perpetrate, he had preferred rather to reveal the crime than to commit it.

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Roker, pausing for breath when they reached another gallery of the same dimensions as the one below, 'this is the coffee-room flight; the one above's the third, and the one above that's the top; and the room where you're a-going to sleep to-night is the warden's room, and it's this way--come on.' Having said all this in a breath, Mr.

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He caught Fangs strolling in the forest, and said he chased the deer contrary to his master's right, as warden of the walk.''

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'tis Fair week, but I know the warden at the west gate and could bring us through safely.

"But I must back to my own bed, lest some sleepy warden stumble upon me, and I be forced to run him through.

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Mr Warden started like a war-horse at the sound of the trumpet.

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Now the Cinque Ports are partially or somehow under the jurisdiction of a sort of policeman or beadle, called a Lord Warden. Holding the office directly from the crown, I believe, all the royal emoluments incident to the Cinque Port territories become by assignment his.

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Warden," he added to that official, as the Convict slunk away, "in appointing you to this position, I was given to understand that your friends could make the Shikane county delegation to the next State convention solid for - for the present Administration.

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All this I saw from the open window of the Warden's breakfast-saloon, looking across the shoulder of the Lord Chancellor, who had sprung to his feet the moment the shouting began, almost as if he had been expecting it, and had rushed to the window which commanded the best view of the market-place.

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