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Added 10 October 2026

warder

noun

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A guard, especially in a prison.
One who or that which wards or repels.

noun

A truncheon or staff carried by a king or commander, used to signal commands.

Origin

From Middle English warder, wardere, perhaps in part continuing Old English weardere (“one who holds a country; inhabitant”), from Proto-West Germanic *wardārī (“guard, follower, watchman, lookout”), equivalent to ward + -er. Cognate with Dutch waarder (“inspector”), German Low German Wärder (“guard, watchman”), German Wärter (“guard, keeper, attendant”).

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