warder
noun/ˈwɔːdə(r)/
/ˈwɔːrdər/
(feminine wardress
(British English)/ˈwɔːdrəs/
/ˈwɔːrdrəs/
)- a person who guards prisoners in a prison compare guardTopics Crime and punishmentc2, Jobsc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryWarder is used after these nouns:
- prison
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting a watchman or sentinel): from Anglo-Norman French wardere, from Old Northern French warder ‘to guard’. The current sense dates from the mid 19th cent.
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