单词 | warder |
释义 | warder warder1 —wardership, n. /wawr"deuhr/, n. 1. a person who guards something, as a doorkeeper or caretaker. 2. a soldier or other person set to guard an entrance. 3. Chiefly Brit. an official having charge of prisoners in a jail. [1350-1400; ME warder(e) (see WARD, -ER1); cf. AF wardere < ME] warder2 /wawr"deuhr/, n. a truncheon or staff of office or authority, used in giving signals. [1400-50; late ME < ?] |
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