ward·er /ˈwɔrdɚ/
看守,守衛,看門人
Ward·er n.
1. One who wards or keeps; a keeper; a guard. “The warders of the gate.”
2. A truncheon or staff carried by a king or a commander in chief, and used in signaling his will.
When, lo! the king suddenly changed his mind,
Casts down his warder to arrest them there. --Daniel.
Wafting his warder thrice about his head,
He cast it up with his auspicious hand,
Which was the signal, through the English spread,
This they should charge. --Drayton.
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warder
n : the chief official in charge of a prison [syn: warden]