warder
/wawr-der/US // ˈwɔr dər //UK // (ˈwɔːdə) //
看守员,守护者,警卫员,监护人
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n.名词 noun
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- : a person who guards something, as a doorkeeper or caretaker.
- : a soldier or other person set to guard an entrance.
- : Chiefly British. an official having charge of prisoners in a jail.
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Examples
Johnson Mlambo, also jailed in 1963, was singled out by warder Piet Kleynhans, who said he did not move enough rocks.
The son of a ner-se-ga, a palace warder, or the son of a vowed woman no one has any claim upon.
Yet a convent is well enclosed and guarded, with bars to the windows, walls of height and a warder who keeps the keys.
The double doors were unlocked, the prisoner ascended a few steps, followed by the Lieutenant, and a warder of the higher class.
A warder attended to do the honours of the table, and made a sign to the disguised female to rise and assist him in his functions.
The warder, and every soldier who had been on duty that night, were arrested and questioned.
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