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wardenwar‧den /ˈwɔːdn $ ˈwɔːrdn/ noun [countable]   wardenOrigin: 1100-1200 Old North French wardein, from warder ‘to guard’ - A settlement of flats and bungalows house about 20 senior citizens, with a resident warden.
- A traffic warden, finding an empty car, gave the Vicar a parking ticket.
- He was accompanied for short stretches of his route by National Trust wardens.
- Some Forest wardens had the right to hunt certain animals and to take certain birds of prey used in hawking.
- The warden usually had under him foresters of fee, whose hereditary offices were subject to the usual feudal incidents.
- The warden was a wonderful guy and he mentioned my daughter's name to these girls and one of them knew her!
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