An officer to whose custody prisoners are committed; the governor of a prison, esp. in the old title Warden of the Fleet (Prison).
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| 释义 | society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] > official in charge of prison (4) wardenc1330 An officer to whose custody prisoners are committed; the governor of a prison, esp. in the old title Warden of the Fleet (Prison). governor1753 British. An official who holds executive authority as head of a prison. More fully prison governor. housemaster1931 An assistant governor responsible for one of the ‘houses’ or groups of offenders at a borstal (see Borstal, n. a). Now historical. ham and beef1941 the chief warder in a prison. |
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