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waywarden

waywarden noun: someone elected to take care of highways in a parish.

Noun

waywarden (plural waywardens)

  1. (historical) Someone elected to take care of highways in a parish.
    • May present Constables and Way-Wardens if they appoint not six days for the repairing of Highways leading to Market Towns, […] shall upon the Justices Presentment be fined.1707, J. Bond, A Compleat Guide for Justices of Peace, London: I. Cleave et al., Part I, pp. 16-17
    • […] in each District one of the Commissioners or two, or two Way Wardens to be elected once a Year under Direction of said Commissioners be directed to assess each House keeper in said District for one Negro according to the Number they have in their Houses which may be either Male or Female, Boys...1737, J. H. Easterby (editor), Journal of the Commons House of Assembly of South Carolina Nov. 10, 1736-June 7, 1739, entry dated 5 March, 1737, The Colonial Records of South Carolina, Columbia...

Forms of waywarden

pluralwaywardens

Origin of waywarden

From way (“highway, road”) + warden.

Questions about waywarden

What does waywarden mean?
Waywarden means someone elected to take care of highways in a parish.
What part of speech is waywarden?
Waywarden is a noun.
What is the plural of waywarden?
The plural of waywarden is waywardens.

Words near waywarden in the dictionary

  1. wayupthere
  2. Wayuu
  3. wayvode
  4. wayvodes
  5. wayward
  6. waywarden
  7. waywardens
  8. waywardly
  9. waywardness
  10. waywardnesses
  11. waywise

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