warden

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈwɔːdən/
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• US: /ˈwɔɹdən/
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• rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)dən
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• CMU ARPABET: W AO1 R D AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English wardein, from Anglo-Norman 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 guardian, guardein. Compare also ward and reward. Doublet of guardian.

From Middle English wardon, origin uncertain; perhaps from Anglo-Norman or Anglo-Latin wardo, -ōnis.

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: آمِر سِجْن (ʔāmir sijn) — a chief administrative officer of a prison
• Bulgarian: директор на затвор (direktor na zatvor) — a chief administrative officer of a prison
• Burmese: ထောင်ပိုင် (htaungpuing) — a chief administrative officer of a prison
• Chinese Mandarin: 典獄長 /典狱长 (diǎnyùzhǎng) — a chief administrative officer of a prison
• Chinese Mandarin: 看守人 (kānshǒurén) — a chief administrative officer of a prison
• Danish: fængdelsdirektør — a chief administrative officer of a prison
• Danish: fængselsinspektør — a chief administrative officer of a prison
• Dutch: gevangenbewaarder — a chief administrative officer of a prison
• Finnish: vankilanjohtaja — a chief administrative officer of a prison
• French: directeur de prison — a chief administrative officer of a prison
• German: Gefängnisdirektor — a chief administrative officer of a prison
• German: Gefängnisdirektorin — a chief administrative officer of a prison
• Irish: bardach — a chief administrative officer of a prison
• Italian: direttore — a chief administrative officer of a prison
• Italian: direttrice — a chief administrative officer of a prison
• Japanese: 刑務所長 (keimusho-chō) — a chief administrative officer of a prison
• Japanese: 看守 (kanshu) — a chief administrative officer of a prison
• Macedonian: управник (upravnik) — a chief administrative officer of a prison
• Māori: wātene — a chief administrative officer of a prison
• Norwegian: fengselsdirektør — a chief administrative officer of a prison
• Persian: زندانبان (zandânbân) — a chief administrative officer of a prison
• Portuguese: diretor (de presídio) — a chief administrative officer of a prison
• Romanian: director de închisoare — a chief administrative officer of a prison
• Russian: нача́льник тюрьмы́ (načálʹnik tjurʹmý) — a chief administrative officer of a prison
• Spanish: alcaide — a chief administrative officer of a prison
• Spanish: casillero — a chief administrative officer of a prison
• Swedish: föreståndare — a chief administrative officer of a prison
• Azerbaijani: nəzarətçi — an official charged with supervisory duties
• Bulgarian: надзира́тел (nadzirátel) — an official charged with supervisory duties
• Dutch: opzichter — an official charged with supervisory duties
• German: Aufseher — an official charged with supervisory duties
• Hungarian: felügyelő — an official charged with supervisory duties
• Irish: maor — an official charged with supervisory duties
• Italian: preside — an official charged with supervisory duties
• Italian: guardiano — an official charged with supervisory duties
• Italian: supervisore — an official charged with supervisory duties
• Japanese: 所長 (shochō) — an official charged with supervisory duties
• Macedonian: надзорник (nadzornik) — an official charged with supervisory duties
• Māori: wātene — an official charged with supervisory duties
• Norman: gardgien — an official charged with supervisory duties
• Portuguese: supervisor — an official charged with supervisory duties
• Romanian: supraveghetor — an official charged with supervisory duties
• Romanian: supraveghetoare — an official charged with supervisory duties
• Russian: смотри́тель (smotrítelʹ) — an official charged with supervisory duties
• Russian: надзира́тель (nadzirátelʹ) — an official charged with supervisory duties
• Spanish: comandante — an official charged with supervisory duties
• Spanish: guardabosque — an official charged with supervisory duties
• Spanish: director — an official charged with supervisory duties
• Spanish: guardapesca — an official charged with supervisory duties
• Spanish: guardacaza — an official charged with supervisory duties
• Swedish: vakt — an official charged with supervisory duties