"warder" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-warder.wav [UK] Forms: warders [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)də(ɹ) Head templates: {{en-noun}} warder (plural warders)
  1. A guard, especially in a prison. Translations (guard): надзирател (nadziratel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), тъмничар (tǎmničar) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ထောင်ကြပ် (htaungkrap) (Burmese), garda [masculine] (Galician), Wärter [masculine] (German), Gefängniswärter [masculine] (German), Wächter [masculine] (German), börtönőr (Hungarian), bairdéir [masculine] (Irish), carceriere [masculine] (Italian), secondino [masculine] (Italian), guardiano [masculine] (Italian), custode [masculine] (Italian), sorvegliante [masculine] (Italian), guarda (Portuguese), maor-coimhid [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), జైలు అధికారి (jailu adhikāri) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-warder-en-noun-3xnLM9Vy Disambiguation of 'guard': 100 0 0
  2. (archaic) A truncheon or staff carried by a king or commander, used to signal commands. Tags: archaic Categories (topical): People, Prison
    Sense id: en-warder-en-noun-pDowWSni Disambiguation of People: 0 61 39 Disambiguation of Prison: 17 68 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 47 51 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 55 43
  3. One who or that which wards or repels.
    Sense id: en-warder-en-noun-m3aWHBlt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 47 51

Inflected forms

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