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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.
Definition 2024
warder
warder
See also: wårder
English
Noun
warder (plural warders)
- A guard, especially in a prison.
- (archaic) A truncheon or staff carried by a king or commander, used to signal commands.
- 1595, Samuel Daniel, Civil Wars
- When, lo! the king suddenly changed his mind, / Casts down his warder to arrest them there.
- William Shakespeare, King Richard II, Act 1, Scene 3
- Stay, the king hath thrown his warder down.
- 1595, Samuel Daniel, Civil Wars
Translations
guard
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Anagrams
Old French
Verb
warder
- (Old Northern French, Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of guarder
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-d, *-ds, *-dt are modified to t, z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of warder (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | warder | avoir wardé | |||||
| gerund | en wardant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | wardant | ||||||
| past participle | wardé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | wart | wardes | warde | wardons | wardez | wardent |
| imperfect | wardoie, wardeie, wardoe, wardeve | wardoies, wardeies, wardoes, wardeves | wardoit, wardeit, wardot, wardeve | wardiiens, wardiens | wardiiez, wardiez | wardoient, wardeient, wardoent, wardevent | |
| preterite | wardai | wardas | warda | wardames | wardastes | warderent | |
| future | warderai | warderas | wardera | warderons | warderoiz, wardereiz, warderez | warderont | |
| conditional | warderoie, wardereie | warderoies, wardereies | warderoit, wardereit | warderiiens, warderiens | warderiiez, warderiez | warderoient, wardereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | wart | warz | wart | wardons | wardez | wardent |
| imperfect | wardasse | wardasses | wardast | wardissons, wardissiens | wardissoiz, wardissez, wardissiez | wardassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | warde | — | wardons | wardez | — | ||