warder
noun /ˈwɔːdə(r)/
/ˈwɔːrdər/
(feminine wardress
(British English) /ˈwɔːdrəs/
/ˈwɔːrdrəs/
)- a person who guards prisoners in a prison compare guardWordfinderTopics Crime and punishmentc2, Jobsc2
- cell
- death row
- discharge
- justice
- parole
- prison
- probation
- remission
- sentence
- warder
Oxford Collocations DictionaryWarder is used after these nouns:- prison
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting a watchman or sentinel): from Anglo-Norman French wardere, from Old Northern French warder ‘to guard’. The current sense dates from the mid 19th cent.