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warder

noun
🔊/ˈwɔːdə(r)/
🔊/ˈwɔːrdər/
(feminine wardress
🔊/ˈwɔːdrəs/
🔊/ˈwɔːrdrəs/
)
(British English)
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  1. a person who guards prisoners in a prison（监狱的）看守；狱吏 compare guard
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    Topics Crime and punishmentc2, Jobsc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryWarder is used after these nouns:
    • prison
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    Word Originlate 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.