as in warden
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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Recent Examples of warder Singh hails the series’ secondary and tertiary cast, who played warders and prisoners. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Jan. 2025 Turns out the dude isn't foe, but friend… the warder of a Yellow Ajah named Ryma, who wants to protect them. Alex Raiman, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2023 The dialog between Alanna's blonde warder Maksim (Taylor Napier) and Lan is annoyingly ambiguous. Andrew Cunningham & Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 8 Sep. 2023 The review spanned 10 facilities and consulted with prison warders, corrections officers, public defenders and experts. 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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Noun
  • Blackwell, the warden, even ordered a full search of Alcatraz on the off chance the men never actually left.
    CNN.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 12 May 2025
  • Were you tempted to throw your warden into that number in some form or fashion?
    Hunter Ingram, Variety, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • The district also has 14 area security managers and about 90 armed guardians, positions that didn’t exist prior to Stoneman Douglas.
    Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 10 May 2025
  • The hackers are now requesting additional ransoms from individual schools for this data, as one Toronto district outlined in a letter this week to parents and guardians.
    Emily Forlini, PC Magazine, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • The school board approved the closing of three elementary schools and the elimination of 19 teaching jobs and more than 100 other jobs, including 25 custodians.
    Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2025
  • To further preserve the complete privacy of the conclave, the support staff — including chefs, cleaners and custodians — all took an oath of secrecy, of which the punishment for breaking it is excommunication, CBS News reported.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 6 May 2025
Noun
  • Heat mock drafts with 20th pick With the draft order formally set ahead of the draft combine, a look at names various mock drafts have linked to the Heat at No. 20: ESPN: Liam McNeeley, UConn, guard, freshman.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 16 May 2025
  • However, despite the recent optimism, there’s one key problem that might catch investors off guard.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • Wyatt Kaiser is 22 and looks like a keeper.
    Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Callender was back in his usual role as Inter Miami’s starting keeper on Sunday night against Toronto FC at Chase Stadium.
    Andre Fernandez, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2025
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  • These physiological and sensory adaptations underpin the species’ ability to traverse vast ocean basins, from coastal foraging grounds to the depths of the White Shark Café, cementing their role as sentinels of both nearshore and open‑ocean ecosystems.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
  • The sentinels are currently being tested at Deep’s facility in Gloucestershire near Wales.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 5 Feb. 2025

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“Warder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warder. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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