warders

plural of warder
as in guards
a person or group that watches over someone or something as warder of the velvet rope, he decides who gets into the fashionable nightclub and who doesn't

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Noun
  • Bolsonaro is under house arrest, surrounded by guards to prevent him from fleeing to a foreign embassy to request asylum.
    Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The latter option is particularly tantalizing because both guards offer valuable skills that could help a playoff hopeful be even more formidable in 2025-26.
    Mat Issa, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • As for the bear, two wardens with AGFC responded to the scene and found the animal still in the area.
    Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Game wardens responded to the scene and fatally shot the animal, officials said.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Two centuries ago, the Litunga (king) turned what had been his private hunting grounds over to his people as custodians.
    Mazuba Kapambwe, AFAR Media, 10 Sep. 2025
  • From ETFs pulling in tens of billions to companies adding bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to their balance sheets, demand for trusted custodians is set to accelerate.
    Marie Poteriaieva, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In 2016, the Mans petitioned to become Natalia’s legal guardians; however, a hearing was required to determine whether Natalia was a minor or a legal adult.
    Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The shop also mentors and trains locals to be guides and guardians of their backyard coastline.
    Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Are the club following any ‘keepers?
    Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
  • But first, the top of the rock had to be blasted to make room for the lighthouse keepers’ houses, since there was barely any flat space on the summit (only between 10 and 12 feet).
    A.K. Whitney, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The sentinels of conventional wisdom settled on the view that the Iraq invasion was one of the great own goals of American foreign policy, and that its beneficiary was Iran.
    Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Choose the West Coast for drama—think craggy cliffs and colossal redwoods rising like ancient sentinels.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
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“Warders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warders. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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