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Examples of warder in a Sentence
Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 21 July 2023
While in the camp, Nynaeve, who’s shown some talent at channeling herself, becomes closer to Lan, Moiraine’s warder.
—Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2021
At camp, Lan catches up with a few of his burly colleagues, including Kerene's warder, the ax-wielding Stepin (Peter Franzén).
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 26 Nov. 2021
Piranesi isn’t the narrator’s real name; that’s only what his warder, known as the Other, calls him.
—Jason Kehe, Wired, 21 Sep. 2020
One of the best, most solitary views in the park is from the High Rocks, where an old warder’s cabin sits beside a gray bluff that once supported a fire tower.
—Neil Norman, Outside Online, 8 Oct. 2019
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Word History
Noun (1)
Middle English, from Anglo-French wardere, from warde
Noun (2)
Middle English, staff, perhaps from warden to ward
Noun (1)
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun (2)
circa 1548, in the meaning defined above
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“Warder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/warder. Accessed 6 Dec. 2023.
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