warder

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a guard responsible for prisoners, especially in older British usage

   The warder locked each cell after the evening inspection.

2. 2
   noun

   a person or thing that guards, protects, or keeps danger away

   In the legend, a stone lion stands as the warder of the city gate.

From Middle English warder or wardere, formed from ward + -er and partly continuing an Old English word for a keeper or inhabitant. It belongs to the Germanic family of watch, guard, and protection, alongside German Wärter, keeper.

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