n. [ OE. wardein, OF. wardein, gardein, gardain, F. gardien. See Guardian, and Ward guard. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A keeper; a guardian; a watchman. [ 1913 Webster ]

He called to the warden on the . . . battlements. Sir. W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An officer who keeps or guards; a keeper; as, the warden of a prison. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A head official; as, the warden of a college; specifically (Eccl.), a churchwarden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. [ Properly, a keeping pear. ] A large, hard pear, chiefly used for baking and roasting. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I would have had him roasted like a warden. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

Warden pie, a pie made of warden pears. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The office or jurisdiction of a warden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who wards or keeps; a keeper; a guard. “The warders of the gate.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A truncheon or staff carried by a king or a commander in chief, and used in signaling his will. [ 1913 Webster ]

When, lo! the king suddenly changed his mind,
Casts down his warder to arrest them there. Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]