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/wˈɔrdər/ Listen

noun

Warder n.

One who wards or keeps; a keeper; a guard. "The warders of the gate."

A truncheon or staff carried by a king or a commander in chief, and used in signaling his will. "When, lo! the king suddenly changed his mind, Casts down his warder to arrest them there." "Wafting his warder thrice about his head, He cast it up with his auspicious hand, Which was the signal, through the English spread, This they should charge."

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"Warder" Quotes from Famous Books

... could only have escaped by a window situated at a height of seven or eight feet in the wall; and lastly—a charming detail, this—that he could only have reached this window by using the back of his warder ...

— The Hollow Needle • Maurice Leblanc

... parent in the valiant child. Meantime grow on in tender youthfulness, Nursed by light breezes, gladdening this thy mother. No Greek shall trample thee with brutal harm, That I know well, though I shall not be near— So stout a warder to protect thy life I leave in Teucer. He'll not fail, though now He follow far the chase upon his foes. My trusty warriors, people of the sea, Be this your charge, no less,—and bear to him My clear commandment, that he take ...

— The Seven Plays in English Verse • Sophocles

... a very sound sleeper. I knew nothing would disturb him till daylight; therefore my divided duty was at an end. I left him, and crept down-stairs into Sally Watkins' kitchen. It was silent, only the faithful warder, Jem, dozed over the dull fire. I touched him on the shoulder—at which he collared me and nearly ...

— John Halifax, Gentleman • Dinah Maria Mulock Craik

... most frequently with the Monks of Saint Mary's that the warder had to dispute his perquisites. These holy men insisted for, and at length obtained, a right of gratuitous passage to themselves, greatly to the discontent of the bridge-keeper. But when they demanded the same immunity for the numerous pilgrims who visited the shrine, the bridge-keeper waxed ...

— The Monastery • Sir Walter Scott

... lance a little, and when both steeds recoiled from the clash, the azure eagle of the Tyrol was impaled on the point of his lance, and Sigismund, though not losing his saddle, was bending low on it, half stunned by the force of the blow. Down went Rene's warder. Loud were the shouts, 'Vive the Knight of the ...

— Two Penniless Princesses • Charlotte M. Yonge

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