Warden
noun
1.
a person charged with the care or custody of persons, animals, or things; keeper.
2.
the chief administrative officer in charge of a prison.
3.
any of various public officials charged with superintendence, as over a port or wildlife.
4.
air-raid warden.
5.
firewarden.
6.
(in Connecticut) the chief executive officer of a borough.
7.
(formerly) the principal official in a region, town, etc.
8.
British.
(initial capital letter) a traditional title of the president or governor of certain schools and colleges:
Warden of Merton College.
a member of a livery company of the City of London.
9.
Canadian. the head of certain county or local councils.
10.
a member of the governing body of a guild.
11.
a churchwarden.
12.
a gatekeeper.
noun, British.
1.
any of several pears having a crisp, firm flesh, used in cookery.
noun
1.
a person who has the charge or care of something, esp a building, or someone
2.
any of various public officials, esp one responsible for the enforcement of certain regulations
3.
a person employed to patrol a national park or safari park
4.
(mainly US & Canadian) the chief officer in charge of a prison
5.
(Brit) the principal or president of any of various universities or colleges
6.
See churchwarden (sense 1)
noun
1.
a variety of pear that has crisp firm flesh and is used for cooking
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