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warder


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Warder  \Ward"er\,  n. 
  1.  One  who  wards  or  keeps;  a  keeper;  a  guard.  ``The  warders 
  of  the  gate.''  --Dryden. 
 
  2.  A  truncheon  or  staff  carried  by  a  king  or  a  commander  in 
  chief,  and  used  in  signaling  his  will 
 
  When  lo!  the  king  suddenly  changed  his  mind,  Casts 
  down  his  warder  to  arrest  them  there  --Daniel. 
 
  Wafting  his  warder  thrice  about  his  head,  He  cast  it 
  up  with  his  auspicious  hand,  Which  was  the  signal, 
  through  the  English  spread,  This  they  should  charge. 
  --Drayton. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  warder 
  n  :  the  chief  official  in  charge  of  a  prison  [syn:  {warden}] 




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