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Webster 1913 Edition
Warder
Ward′er
,Noun.
1.
One who wards or keeps; a keeper; a guard.
“The warders of the gate.” Dryden.
2.
A truncheon or staff carried by a king or a commander in chief, and used in signaling his will.
When, lo! the king suddenly changed his mind,
Casts down his
Casts down his
warder
to arrest them there. Daniel.
Wafting his
He cast it up with his auspicious hand,
Which was the signal, through the English spread,
This they should charge.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Warder
WARDER
,Noun.
1.
A keeper; a guard.The warders of the gate.
2.
A trunchion by which an officer of arms forbad fight.Warders of the tower, officers who attend state prisoners.