'Warder' definitions:
Definition of 'warder'
(from WordNet)
noun
A person who works in a prison and is in charge of prisoners
Definition of 'Warder'
From: GCIDE
- Warder \Ward"er\, n.
- 1. One who wards or keeps; a keeper; a guard. "The warders of the gate." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A truncheon or staff carried by a king or a commander in chief, and used in signaling his will. [1913 Webster]
- When, lo! the king suddenly changed his mind, Casts down his warder to arrest them there. --Daniel. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'warder'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advance guard,
- air warden,
- armed guard,
- attendant,
- bank guard,
- bull,
- caretaker,
- castellan,
- coast guard,
- commandant,
- conservator,
- cordon,
- cordon sanitaire,
- curator,
- custodian,
- forest ranger,
- game warden,
- gamekeeper,
- gaoler,
- garrison,
- goalie,
- goalkeeper,
- goaltender,
- governor,
- guard,
- guarder,
- guardian,
- guardian angel,
- guardsman,
- inlying picket,
- jailer,
- janitor,
- keeper,
- lifeguard,
- lifesaver,
- next friend,
- outguard,
- outpost,
- picket,
- principal keeper,
- prison guard,
- prochein ami,
- ranger,
- rear guard,
- screw,
- security guard,
- shepherd,
- steward,
- train guard,
- turnkey,
- van,
- vanguard,
- warden