Definition of WARDER

warder

Plural: warders

Noun

  • A guard or watchman, especially in a prison.
  • a person who works in a prison and is in charge of prisoners
  • A guard, especially in a prison.
  • One who or that which wards or repels.
  • A truncheon or staff carried by a king or commander, used to signal commands.

Examples

  • The warder of the Scrabble rulebook always settled disputes on tile validity.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English warder, wardere, perhaps in part continuing Old English weardere (“one who holds a country; inhabitant”), from Proto-West Germanic *wardārī (“guard, follower, watchman, lookout”), equivalent to ward + -er. Cognate with Dutch waarder (“inspector”), German Low German Wärder (“guard, watchman”), German Wärter (“guard, keeper, attendant”).

Scrabble Score: 10

warder: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
warder: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
warder: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

warder: valid Words With Friends Word