English-Thai Dictionary

warder

N ผู้คุม  พัศดี  jailer turnkey warden phu-kum

 

wardership

N การ เป็น ผู้คุม  kan-pen-phu-kum

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WARDER

n. 1. A keeper; a guard.
The warders of the gate.
2. A trunchion by which an officer of arms forbad fight.
Warders of the tower, officers who attend state prisoners.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

WARDER

WARDER Ward "er, n.

 

1. One who wards or keeps; a keeper; a guard. "The warders of the gate. " Dryden.

 

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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

warder

ward er |ˈwôrdər ˈwɔrdər | ▶noun chiefly Brit. a guard in a prison. ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting a watchman or sentinel ): from Anglo-Norman French wardere, from Old Northern French warder ‘to guard. ’ The current sense dates from the mid 19th cent.

 

Oxford Dictionary

warder

war ¦der |ˈwɔːdə | ▶noun chiefly Brit. a guard in a prison. ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting a watchman or sentinel ): from Anglo-Norman French wardere, from Old Northern French warder ‘to guard ’. The current sense dates from the mid 19th cent.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

warder, wardress

warder, wardress noun prison officer, guard, jailer, (prison ) warden, keeper; sentry, captor; informal screw; archaic turnkey.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

warder

w á rd er 名詞 C ｟英 ｠(刑務所の )看守 (｟米 ｠guard ).