Warden

Short description: Custodian, defender, or guardian

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A warden is a custodian, defender, or guardian. Warden is often used in the sense of a watchman or guardian, as in a prison warden. It can also refer to a chief or head official, as in the Warden of the Mint.[1][2]

Warden is etymologically identical to guardian, both terms deriving from the Old French garder which in turn is of Germanic origin, wartēn meaning to watch or protect.[1][2]

Types of wardens include:

* Prison warden, the chief administrative official of a prison
* Warden (college), head of some university colleges and academic institutions in the United Kingdom and Australia
* Warden of the Mint, historical highest-ranking officer of the Royal Mint of the United Kingdom
* Warden, rank of seniority within a City of London livery company
* Churchwarden, a lay officer in an Anglican or Episcopal church
* Fire warden, a person designated to aid firefighters at a building or community level
* Game warden, an officer empowered to enforce the hunting and trapping laws of a jurisdiction
* Mining warden, presiding officer in a warden's court
* ARP Warden, responsible for enforcing Air Raid Precautions in the United Kingdom during World War II air raids
* Warden, the chief royal official of a royal forest
* Street warden, an officer aiding police at a community level
* Warden, an officer in a Knights of Columbus council
* Warden, a rank of Masonic lodge officer
* County warden, the head of county governments in Ontario and Nova Scotia, Canada, similar to mayors in cities
* Resident assistant, may be referred to as a warden at some educational institutions
* Park ranger, also called a park warden or forest ranger, a person entrusted with protecting and preserving parklands
* Parking enforcement officer, also called a traffic warden or parking inspector, an officer who issues tickets for parking violations
* Sheltered housing officers, referred to formerly (and still by some) as "wardens"
* Wardens of the Coast
* Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, a ceremonial office of the Confederation of Cinque Ports of the southeast coast of England
* Lord Warden of the Marches, a historical office in Scotland and England
* Lord Warden of the Stannaries, a historical office in Cornwall
* Warden of the Swans, an office in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, created in 1993

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mish, Frederick C., ed (1993). Merriam-Webster's collegiate dictionary. Springfield, Mass. : Merriam-Webster. ISBN 978-0-87779-708-1. https://archive.org/details/merriamwebstersc00spri/page/1330/mode/2up?view=theater&q=warden.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Warden". Encyclopædia Britannica. 28 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 322.

## See also

* Block warden (disambiguation)
* Lord Warden (disambiguation)

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