warder

Speech parts

1. warder - Noun

2. Warder - Proper noun

Meaning

One who wards or keeps; a keeper; a guard.

A truncheon or staff carried by a king or a commander in chief, and used in signaling his will.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

guardian porter ranger sentinel commandant sentry ward guard alderman guardsman governor chisel warden commander watch
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Antonyms

host capture prisoner holder captive attacker
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Hypernyms

lawman peace officer law officer

Phrases with the word

prison warder

Anagrams

drawer redraw reward warred

Examples

I lead no armies, Warder. I command nothing save myself, and not always that. Robert Jordan

[the painting 'Yard with Lunatics' shows].. a yard with lunatics, and two of them fighting completely naked while their warder beats them, and others in sacks; (it is a scene I witnessed at first hand in Zaragoza). Francisco Goya

[...] Because the Egoist is to himself the warder of the human, and has nothing to say to the state except: "Get out of my sunshine!" Max Stirner

Memory, the warder of the brain. William Shakespeare

The vilest deeds like poison-weeds Bloom well in prison-air It is only what is good in Man That wastes and withers there Pale Anguish keeps the heavy gate And the warder is Despair. Oscar Wilde

According to A.K. Warder, the Indian Mahīśāsaka sect also established itself in Sri Lanka alongside the Theravāda, into which they were later absorbed. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

wardenless wardenry wardenship warderess warderless wardership