WARDEN

warden. Warden, n. a head-officer, keeper, guardian

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Ward″en (?), n. [[OE. wardein, OF. wardein, gardein, gardain, F. gardien. See Guardian, and Ward guard.]] 1. 1. A keeper; a guardian; a watchman.
He called to the warden on the . . . battlements. Sir. W. Scott. 2. 2. An officer who keeps or guards; a keeper; as, the warden of a prison.
3. 3. A head official; as, the warden of a college; specifically (Eccl.), a churchwarden.
4. 4. [] A large, hard pear, chiefly used for baking and roasting.
I would have had him roasted like a warden. Beau. & Fl. Warden pie, a pie made of warden pears. Shak.