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bridge-ward

bridge-ward noun: a warden or guard for a bridge.

Noun

bridge-ward (plural bridge-wards)

  1. (obsolete) A warden or guard for a bridge.
    • It is needless to say, that the bridge-ward had usually the better in these questions, since he could at pleasure detain the traveller on the opposite side [of the bridge]1820 March, [Walter Scott], The Monastery. A Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Co....
  2. (obsolete) The principal ward of a key.

Forms of bridge-ward

pluralbridge-wards

Questions about bridge-ward

What does bridge-ward mean?
Bridge-ward means a warden or guard for a bridge.
What part of speech is bridge-ward?
Bridge-ward is a noun.
What is the plural of bridge-ward?
The plural of bridge-ward is bridge-wards.

Words near bridge-ward in the dictionary

  1. bridge-building
  2. bridge-burner
  3. bridge-burners
  4. bridge-burning
  5. bridge-burnings
  6. bridge-ward
  7. bridge-wards
  8. bridgeable
  9. bridgeboard
  10. bridgeboards
  11. bridgebuilder

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