warder
A guard, especially in a prisonA guard, especially in a prison.
Meaning
3 sensesA guard, especially in a prison.
Wärter, Gefängniswärter, Wächter
One who or that which wards or repels.
(archaic)A truncheon or staff carried by a king or commander, used to signal commands.
- a person who works in a prison and is in charge of prisoners
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English warder, wardere, perhaps in part continuing Old English weardere (“oneFrom 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”).
From Middle English warder, wardere, also as Middle English warderer, warderere, probably a derivative of Etymology 1 above.
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