英语词汇“wardens”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

wardens

释义

warden¹ /wörˈdən/

noun

Someone who guards or keeps under supervision people, animals, buildings, precious objects, etc
A gatekeeper or sentinel (rare)
A regent (historical)
The governor of a town, district, etc (historical)
A title of certain officers of the Crown
A member of certain governing bodies
A superintendent
The head of certain institutions, such as schools, colleges, hostels, etc
The officer in charge of a prison (N American)
A churchwarden
Someone appointed for duties among the civil population in cases of fire or air-raids
(usu traffic warden) an official controlling traffic circulation and parking of motor vehicles

transitive verb (rare)

To guard as a warden

ORIGIN: ONFr wardein (OFr g(u)arden) guardian

wardˈenry noun (rare)

wardˈenship noun

The office of warden

Warden of the Cinque Ports or Lord Warden (of the Cinque Ports) noun

The governor of the Cinque Ports, having the authority of an admiral and the power to hold a court of admiralty

Wardens of the Marches plural noun

Officers formerly appointed to keep order in the marches or border districts of England and Scotland

noun

A kind of pear used esp in cooking

ORIGIN: Origin uncertain; perh from Anglo-Fr warder (Fr garder) to keep

warden pie noun

A pie made of warden pears

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