Meaning and Origin
What does the name Warden mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
- A keeper; a guardian; a watchman."He called to the warden on the . . . battlements." [Sir. W. Scott.]
- An officer who keeps or guards; a keeper; as, the warden of a prison.
- A head official; as, the warden of a college; specifically [Eccl] , a churchwarden.
- A large, hard pear, chiefly used for baking and roasting.(Obs)"I would have had him roasted like a warden." [Beau. & Fl.]
Etymology: Properly, a keeping pear
Etymology: OE. wardein, OF. wardein gardein gardain, F. gardien. See Guardian, and Ward guard
- The chief official in charge of a prison
From Middle English wardein, from Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French wardein, from warder (“to guard”), variant of Old French guarder (“to guard”) (whence modern French garder, also English guard), from Proto-Germanic *ward-; related to Old High German wartēn (“to watch”). Compare guardian, French gardien, from Old French. Compare also ward and reward.
- (archaic or literary) A guard or watchman.
- A chief administrative officer of a prison.
- An official charged with supervisory duties or with the enforcement of specific laws or regulations; such as a game warden or air-raid warden
- A governing official in various institutions
- the of a college
- A variety of pear.