Warden /(?)/
Ward·en
Warden
n.
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A keeper; a guardian; a watchman.
He called to the warden on the . . . battlements.
- An officer who keeps or guards; a keeper; as, the warden of a prison.
- A head official; as, the warden of a college; specifically (Eccl.), a churchwarden. (Eccl.)
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A large, hard pear, chiefly used for baking and roasting. [Obs.]
I would have had him roasted like a warden.
Phrases & Compounds
- Warden pie
- a pie made of warden pears.