warder, wardress
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wardress — warder, wardress These terms for male and female prison guards respectively have now been largely replaced by the gender neutral term prison officer … Modern English usage
warder — warder, wardress These terms for male and female prison guards respectively have now been largely replaced by the gender neutral term prison officer … Modern English usage
warder — ► NOUN (fem. wardress) chiefly Brit. ▪ a prison guard. ORIGIN from Old French warder to guard … English terms dictionary
warder — noun (fem. wardress) chiefly Brit. a prison guard. Origin ME (denoting a watchman or sentinel): from Anglo Norman Fr. wardere, from Old North. Fr. warder to guard … English new terms dictionary
warder — n. 1 Brit. (fem. wardress) a prison officer. 2 a guard. Etymology: ME f. AF wardere, our f. ONF warder, OF garder to GUARD … Useful english dictionary
wardress — noun a woman warder • Hypernyms: ↑warder • Hyponyms: ↑matron … Useful english dictionary
wardress — /wawr dris/, n. a woman who is a warder. [1815 25; WARD(E)R1 + ESS] Usage. See ess. * * * … Universalium
wardress — noun A female warder … Wiktionary
wardress — ward•ress [[t]ˈwɔr drɪs[/t]] n. use a woman who is a warder • Etymology: 1815–25 … From formal English to slang
guard — I n. group of sentries sentry 1) to call out the guard 2) to mount, post the guard 3) to change, relieve the guard 4) an advance; armed; color; honor; palace; police; rear; security guard (they slipped past the palace guard) 5) under guard guard… … Combinatory dictionary
