warder

warder
warder1
wardership, n.
/wawr"deuhr/, n.
1. a person who guards something, as a doorkeeper or caretaker.
2. a soldier or other person set to guard an entrance.
3. Chiefly Brit. an official having charge of prisoners in a jail.
[1350-1400; ME warder(e) (see WARD, -ER1); cf. AF wardere < ME]
warder2
/wawr"deuhr/, n.
a truncheon or staff of office or authority, used in giving signals.
[1400-50; late ME < ?]

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