Meanings
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1
noun
a guard responsible for prisoners, especially in older British usage
The warder locked each cell after the evening inspection.
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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.
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Etymology
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.