warden
warden is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.An officer who keeps or guards; a keeper; as, the warden of a prison.
- 2.A head official; as, the warden of a college; specifically (Eccl.), a churchwarden.
- 3.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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- ablegate
- accredit
- acting
- alter
- answer
- appear
- archon
- behalf
- brief
- champion
- chancellor
- commissioner
- consul
- delegate
- deputy
- director
- ego
- eight
- eleven
- for
- friend
- governor
- hold
- lieutenant
- minister
- next
- plenipotentiary
- prefect
- premier
- proconsul
- provost
- proxy
- regal
- regent
- represent
- representative
- secondary
- stand
- stead
- substitute
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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