Warden

Custodian, defender, or guardian

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A warden is a custodian, defender, or guardian. Warden is often used in the sense of a watchman or guardian, as in a prison warden. It can also refer to a chief or head official, as in the Warden of the Mint.^[1]^[2]

Warden is etymologically identical to guardian, both terms deriving from the Old French garder which in turn is of Germanic origin, wartēn meaning to watch or protect.^[1]^[2] It is also related to the native Anglo Saxon derived word ward

Types of wardens include:

Prison warden, the chief administrative official of a prison
Warden (college), head of some university colleges and academic institutions in the United Kingdom and Australia
Warden of the Mint, historical highest-ranking officer of the Royal Mint of the United Kingdom
Warden, rank of seniority within a City of London livery company
Churchwarden, a lay officer in an Anglican or Episcopal church
Fire warden, a person designated to aid firefighters at a building or community level
Game warden, an officer empowered to enforce the hunting and trapping laws of a jurisdiction
Mining warden, presiding officer in a warden's court
ARP Warden, responsible for enforcing Air Raid Precautions in the United Kingdom during World War II air raids
Warden, the chief royal official of a royal forest
Street warden, an officer aiding police at a community level
Warden, an officer in a Knights of Columbus council
Warden, a rank of Masonic lodge officer
County warden, the head of county governments in Ontario and Nova Scotia, Canada, similar to mayors in cities
Resident assistant, may be referred to as a warden at some educational institutions
Park ranger, also called a park warden or forest ranger, a person entrusted with protecting and preserving parklands
Parking enforcement officer, also called a traffic warden or parking inspector, an officer who issues tickets for parking violations
Sheltered housing officers, referred to formerly (and still by some) as "wardens"
Wardens of the Coast
- Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, a ceremonial office of the Confederation of Cinque Ports of the southeast coast of England
- Lord Warden of the Marches, a historical office in Scotland and England
Lord Warden of the Stannaries, a historical office in Cornwall
Warden of the Swans, an office in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, created in 1993
Warden, a mob and a boss in the sandbox game Minecraft

References

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^ ^a ^b Mish, Frederick C., ed. (1993). Merriam-Webster's collegiate dictionary. Springfield, Mass. : Merriam-Webster. ISBN 978-0-87779-708-1.
^ ^a ^b "Warden" . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 28 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 322.

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