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Traditional English :: warder
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warder.html - n.
1 Brit. (fem. wardress) a prison officer.
2 a guard. [ME f. AF wardere, -our f. ONF warder, OF garder to GUARD] |
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Traditional English :: warden
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warder.html - n. 1 (usu. in comb.) a supervising official (churchwarden; traffic warden). 2 a Brit. a president or governor of a college, school, hospital, youth hostel, etc. b esp. US a prison governor. wardenship n. [ME f. AF & ONF wardein var. of OF g(u)arden GUARDIAN] |
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Traditional English :: warder
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warder.html - n.
1 Brit. (fem. wardress) a prison officer.
2 a guard. [ME f. AF wardere, -our f. ONF warder, OF garder to GUARD] |
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English Idioms :: ward off
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warder.html - {v. phr.} To deflect; avert. * /Vitamin C is known to ward off the common cold./ |
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Traditional English :: ward
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warder.html - n. & v. --n. 1 a separate room or division of a hospital, prison, etc. (men's surgical ward).
2 a Brit. an administrative division of a constituency, usu. electing a councillor or councillors etc. b esp. US a similar administrative division.
3 a a minor under the care of a guardian appointed by the parents or a court. b (in full ward of court) a minor or mentally deficient person placed under the protection of a court.
4 (in pl.) the corresponding notches and projections in a key and a lock.
5 archaic a the act of guarding or defending a place etc. b the bailey of a castle. c a guardian's control; confinement; custody. --v.ward-heeler US a party worker in elections etc. ward off 1 parry (a blow).
2 avert (danger, poverty, etc.). [OE weard, weardian f. Gmc: cf. GUARD] |
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Traditional English :: warden
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warder.html - n. 1 (usu. in comb.) a supervising official (churchwarden; traffic warden). 2 a Brit. a president or governor of a college, school, hospital, youth hostel, etc. b esp. US a prison governor. wardenship n. [ME f. AF & ONF wardein var. of OF g(u)arden GUARDIAN] |
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