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Webster 1913 Edition
Warden
Ward′en
,Noun.
1.
A keeper; a guardian; a watchman.
He called to the
warden
on the . . . battlements. Sir. W. Scott.
2.
An officer who keeps or guards; a keeper;
as, the
. warden
of a prison3.
A head official;
as, the
; specifically warden
of a college(Eccl.)
, a churchwarden. 4.
[Properly, a keeping pear.]
A large, hard pear, chiefly used for baking and roasting.
[Obs.]
I would have had him roasted like a
warden
. Beau. & Fl.
Warden pie
, a pie made of warden pears.
[Obs.]
Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Warden
WARDEN
,Noun.
1.
A keeper; a guardian.2.
An officer who keeps or guards; a keeper; as the warden of the fleet or fleet prison.3.
A large pear.Warden of the cinque ports, in England, an officer or magistrate who has the jurisdiction of a port or haven. There are five such ports.
Warden of a university, is the master or president.