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noun

Warder n.

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

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." "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."

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"Warder" Quotes from Famous Books

... grandma's. Look! he's got his hand out. I reckon the frill looks all so gay, don't you? I bet grandma will rouse, but I'll have a little peace with him now an' chance the ducks," said the resourceful warder, whose charge really looked so absurd that ...

— Some Everyday Folk and Dawn • Miles Franklin

... with an old detective, who says to me about McGlory: 'He is a Fourth-warder by birth. He has a big pull in politics, but takes no direct part himself. He pays his way with the police, and that ends it. I have known him for years, and 'tough' as he is, I would take his word as quick as I would take the note of half the bank presidents of New York. His place is in the heart ...

— Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations • William Howe

... speak not as a soft-hearted parent who sees the soul of his own daughter looking at him out of the eyes of every little girl whose heart troubles her, I speak as the guardian of the interests of the Empire, as the warder of ...

— The Unwilling Vestal • Edward Lucas White

... nought else of evil shall betide thee henceforth; but as much of pleasure and joy as may go with it. But tell me, there is a story of thy snatching a holiday these two days, and of a young man whom thou didst happen on. Tell me now, not as a maiden to her father or warder, but as a great lady might tell a great lord, what betid betwixt you two: for thou art not one on whom a young and doughty man may look unmoved. By Allhallows! but thou art a firebrand, my Lady!" And he ...

— Child Christopher • William Morris

... stately column broke The beacon-light is quench'd in smoke, The trumpet's silver sound is still The warder silent on ...

— William Pitt and the Great War • John Holland Rose

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