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English Dictionary: warder by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
warder
n
  1. a person who works in a prison and is in charge of prisoners
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Warder \Ward"er\, n.
      1. One who wards or keeps; a keeper; a guard. [bd]The warders
            of the gate.[b8] --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.
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