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6 letters · 10 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the chief official in charge of a prison
originFrom Middle English wardein, from Anglo-Norman wardein, from warder (“to guard”), variant of Old French guarder (“to guard”) (whence modern French garder, also English guard), from Proto-Germanic *ward-; related to Old High German wartēn (“to watch”). Compare guardian, French gardien, from Old French guardian, guardein. Compare also ward and reward. Doublet of guardian.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0