Warden (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a person charged with the care or custody of persons, animals, or things; keeper.
  2. the chief administrative officer in charge of a prison.
  3. any of various public officials charged with superintendence, as over a port or wildlife.
  4. air-raid warden.
  5. firewarden.
  6. (in Connecticut) the chief executive officer of a borough.
  7. (formerly) the principal official in a region, town, etc.
  8. British.
    • a traditional title of the president or governor of certain schools and colleges: Warden of Merton College.
    • a member of a livery company of the City of London.
  9. the head of certain county or local councils.
  10. a member of the governing body of a guild.
  11. a churchwarden.
  12. a gatekeeper.
noun British: Archaic.
  1. any of several pears having a crisp, firm flesh, used in baking and cooking.
noun
  1. a person who has the charge or care of something, esp a building, or someone
  2. any of various public officials, esp one responsible for the enforcement of certain regulations
  3. a person employed to patrol a national park or safari park
  4. the chief officer in charge of a prison
  5. the principal or president of any of various universities or colleges
  6. See churchwarden (def. 1)
noun
  1. a variety of pear that has crisp firm flesh and is used for cooking
Warden (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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