warden
/ˈwɔːdən/US/ˈwɔɹdən/
warden noun: a guard or watchman.
Noun (1)
warden (plural wardens)
- A guard or watchman.
- He called to the wardens on the outside battlements.1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, chapter IV, in Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst...
- A chief administrative officer of a prison.
- The warden of the state prison, Ezekiel Purdy, was a kind man if stern. He invariably made all newcomers a little speech of welcome […]1934, Nathanael West, “Chapter 7”, in A Cool Million
- 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
- the warden of a college
Verb
warden (third-person singular simple present wardens, present participle wardening, simple past and past participle wardened)
- To carry out the duties of a warden.
Noun (2)
warden (plural wardens)
- A variety of pear.
- Faith I would have had him rosted like a warden in a brown Paper, and no more talk on’t:c. 1607–1611, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “Cupid’s Revenge”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, Act II, scene...
- I must have saffron to colour the warden pies;c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
Proper noun capitalized: Warden
Warden
- A surname originating as an occupation for a warden.
- A village and civil parish in south Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY9166).
warden meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
warden in Hindi
- वार्डन, वॉर्डन
warden in Tamil
- காப்பாளர், பாதுகாவலர், விடுதிக் காப்பாளர், விடுதிக்காப்பாளர்
warden in Marathi
- वॉर्डन, वाॅर्डन, वार्डन
warden in Urdu
- حافظ, ناشپاتی کی ایک قسم, ناظر, نگاہ بان, سرپرست, وکیل
More languagesFewer languages
- warden in Bengali
- ওয়ার্ডেন
- warden in Telugu
- వార్డెన్
- warden in Malayalam
- മേൽനോട്ടക്കാരൻ, പ്രമാണി, തടവുകാവൽക്കാരൻ, രക്ഷകൻ
- warden in Kannada
- ಹೊಣೆಗಾರ, ಕಾಪುಗ, ಮೇಲಾಳು, ತಲೆಯೊಡೆಯ
- warden in Punjabi
- ਵਾਰਡਨ, ਵਰਡਨ
- warden in Gujarati
- વોર્ડન, વાર્ડન
- warden in Odia
- ୱାର୍ଡେନ୍, ୱାର୍ଡେନ, ୱାର୍ଡନ୍
- warden in Nepali
- वार्डन, वार्डेन, वार्डनलाई
- warden in Pashto
- څارونکى śârunkay
- warden in Arabic
- آمِر سِجْن ʔāmir sijn
- warden in Persian
- زندانبان zandânbân
- warden in Myanmar
- ထောင်ပိုင် htaungpuing
Examples of warden in a sentence
- In September, come Grapes; Apples; Poppies of all colours; Peaches; Melo-Cotones; Nectarines; Cornelians; Wardens; Quinces.1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Gardens”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
- Wardens, a name given to pears which never melt, are long keeping, and used for cooking only.1903, E. Bartrum, The Book of Pears and Plums, London: John Lane, page 30:
Forms of warden
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | wardens |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | wardens |
| present participle | wardening |
| past participle | wardened |
| past | wardened |
Origin of warden
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 *wardāną; 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.
From Middle English wardon, origin uncertain; perhaps from Anglo-Norman or Anglo-Latin wardo, -ōnis.
Words formed from warden
Phrases with warden
Words that rhyme with warden
Questions about warden
- What does warden mean?
- Warden means a guard or watchman.
- What is warden in Hindi?
- Warden in Hindi is वार्डन, वॉर्डन. See Warden meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use warden in a sentence?
- In September, come Grapes; Apples; Poppies of all colours; Peaches; Melo-Cotones; Nectarines; Cornelians; Wardens; Quinces.
- What part of speech is warden?
- Warden can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce warden?
- Warden is pronounced /ˈwɔːdən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of warden?
- The plural of warden is wardens.
Words near warden in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: warden (page history and authors); Warden (page history and authors); warden (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); warden (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); warden (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); warden (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); warden (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); warden (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); warden (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); warden (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); warden (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); warden (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); warden (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); warden (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); څارونکى (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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