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warder

/wawr-der/US // ˈwɔr dər //UK // (ˈwɔːdə) //

看守员,守护者,警卫员,监护人

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : 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.