warden
Betekenis (Engels)
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- A guard or watchman.
- A chief administrative officer of a prison.
- An official charged with supervisory duties or with the enforcement of specific laws or regulations; such as a game warden or air-raid warden.
- A governing official in various institutions
Concepten
Synoniemen
duty period
shrine, etc. a guardian
forest ranger
Frequentie
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ˈwɔːdən/
Etymologie (Engels)
In summary
From Middle English wardein, from Anglo-Norman wardein, from warder (“to guard”), variant of Old French guarder (“to guard”) (whence modern French garder, also English guard), from Proto-Germanic *ward-; related to Old High German wartēn (“to watch”). Compare guardian, French gardien, from Old French guardian, guardein. Compare also ward and reward. Doublet of guardian.
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