Thesaurus: warden

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1. n. A keeper; a guardian; a watchman.
2. n. An officer who keeps or guards; a keeper; as, the warden of a prison.
3. n. A head official; as, the warden of a college; specifically (Eccl.), a churchwarden.
4. n. A large, hard pear, chiefly used for baking and roasting.
5. n. the chief official in charge of a prison
6. 1. A keeper; a guardian; a watchman. He called to the warden on the . . . battlements. Sir. W. Scott. 2. An officer who keeps or guards; a keeper; as, the warden of a prison. 3. A head official; as, the warden of a college; specifically (Eccl.), a churchwarden. 4. Etym: [Properly, a keeping pear.] A large, hard pear, chiefly used for baking and roasting. [Obs.] I would have had him roasted like a warden. Beau. & Fl. Warden pie, a pie made of warden pears. [Obs.] Shak.
7. A large, hard pear, chiefly used for baking and roasting.[Obs.]I would have had him roasted like a warden. Beau. & Fl.Warden pie, a pie made of warden pears. [Obs.] Shak.
8. n:100 n. the chief official in charge of a prison