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WARDEN

Pronunciation (US):

• WARDEN (noun)
The noun WARDEN has 1 sense:

1. the chief official in charge of a prison

Familiarity information: WARDEN used as a noun is very rare.

• WARDEN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The chief official in charge of a prison

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

warden; warder

Hypernyms ("warden" is a kind of...):

law officer; lawman; peace officer (an officer of the law)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "warden"):

wardress (a woman warder)

"A guilty conscience needs no accuser."
(English proverb)
"If you tell the truth, people are not happy; if beaten with a stick, dogs are not happy."
(Bhutanese proverb)
"I see I forget. I hear I remember. I do I understand."
(Chinese proverb)
"The death of one person means bread for another."
(Dutch proverb)

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