English Dictionary

warder

noun

A guard, especially in a prison. / (archaic) A truncheon or staff carried by a king or commander, used to signal commands. / One who or that which wards or repels.

The warder stood at the entrance of the prison, keeping a watchful eye on the inmates.

意味（1）

A guard, especially in a prison.

Kent. Mortimer, ’tis I.

But hath thy portion wrought so happily?

Younger Mortimer. It hath, my lord: the warders all asleep,

Kent. Mortimer, ’tis I. But hath thy portion wrought so happily? Younger Mortimer. It hath, my lord: the warders all asleep, I thank them, gave me leave to pass in peace.

意味（2）

(archaic) A truncheon or staff carried by a king or commander, used to signal commands.

When, lo! the king chang’d suddenly his Mind,

When, lo! the king chang’d suddenly his Mind, Casts down his Warder to arrest them there;

意味（3）

One who or that which wards or repels.

The conspicuous position thus accorded to the cat as a warder-off of evil fortune seems oddly paralleled, though not imitated, by the place accorded to the same animal in popular European folklore.