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1. (n.) warden
a person charged with the care and custody of something; keeper.
2. warden
the chief administrative officer in charge of a prison.
3. warden
any of various public officials charged with superintendence or with enforcement of regulations, as a fire warden or game warden.
4. warden
(in Connecticut) the chief executive officer of a borough.
5. warden
(formerly) the principal official in a region, town, etc.
6. warden
the president or governor of certain British schools and colleges.
7. warden
a member of the governing body of a guild.
8. warden
a churchwarden.
9. warden
a gatekeeper.
Etymology: (1175–1225; ME wardein < ONF, =ward(er) to guard+-ein, var. of -enc < Gmc; see -ing3)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) warden
the chief official in charge of a prison
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1. (noun) warden
sb who is in charge of a prison
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) warden
a keeper; a guardian; a watchman
2. (noun) warden
an officer who keeps or guards; a keeper; as, the warden of a prison
3. (noun) warden
a head official; as, the warden of a college; specifically (Eccl.), a churchwarden
4. (noun) warden
a large, hard pear, chiefly used for baking and roasting
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Sense: the person in charge of an old people's home, a student residence etc
The warden has reported that two students are missing from the hostel.
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 Afrikaans: matrone |
 Arabic: حارِس، قَيِّم |
 Bulgarian: управител |
 Brazilian: diretor |
 Czech: správce, -kyně |
 German: der/die Direktor(in) |
 Danish: vagt |
 Greek: επόπτης |
 Spanish: director |
 Estonian: juhataja, komandant |
 Farsi: سرپرست |
 Finnish: valvoja |
 French: directeur/-trice |
 Hebrew: פַּקָח |
 Hindi: संरक्षक |
 Croatian: nadstojnik |
 Hungarian: gondnok |
 Indonesian: penjaga |
 Icelandic: forstöðumaður |
 Italian: custode; direttore |
 Japanese: 管理人 |
 Korean: (기숙사·보호 시설 등의) 관리인 |
 Lithuanian: komendantas, vyresnysis |
 Latvian: komendants |
 Malay: warden |
 Dutch: hoofd, beheerder |
 Norwegian: bestyrer, oppsynsmann, va |
 Polish: dyrektor, przełożony |
 Portuguese: director |
 Romanian: director |
 Russian: комендант |
 Slovak: správca, -kyňa |
 Slovenian: skrbnik |
 Serbian: upravnik |
 Swedish: föreståndare |
 Thai: เจ้าหน้าที่ดูแลสถาบัน |
 Turkish: müdür |
 Taiwanese: 看守人，監管人 |
 Ukrainian: наглядач |
 Urdu: مہتمم |
 Vietnamese: người gác |
 Chinese: 看守人 |
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