Associations to the word «Warder»

Wiktionary

WARDER, noun. A guard, especially in a prison.
WARDER, noun. (archaic) A truncheon or staff carried by a king or commander, used to signal commands.

Dictionary definition

WARDER, noun. A person who works in a prison and is in charge of prisoners.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats