Social:Warden

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Short description: Custodian, defender, or guardian

A warden is a custodian, defender, or guardian. Warden is often used in the sense of a watchman or guardian, as in a prison warden. It can also refer to a chief or head official, as in the Warden of the Mint.[1][2]

Warden is etymologically identical to guardian, both terms deriving from the Old French garder which in turn is of Germanic origin, wartēn meaning to watch or protect.[1][2]

Types of wardens include:

  • Prison warden, the chief administrative official of a prison
  • Warden (college), head of some university colleges and academic institutions in the United Kingdom and Australia
  • Warden of the Mint, historical highest-ranking officer of the Royal Mint of the United Kingdom
  • Warden, rank of seniority within a City of London livery company
  • Churchwarden, a lay officer in an Anglican or Episcopal church
  • Fire warden, a person designated to aid firefighters at a building or community level
  • Game warden, an officer empowered to enforce the hunting and trapping laws of a jurisdiction
  • Mining warden, presiding officer in a warden's court
  • ARP Warden, responsible for enforcing Air Raid Precautions in the United Kingdom during World War II air raids
  • Warden, the chief royal official of a royal forest
  • Street warden, an officer aiding police at a community level
  • Warden, an officer in a Knights of Columbus council
  • Warden, a rank of Masonic lodge officer
  • County warden, the head of county governments in Ontario and Nova Scotia, Canada, similar to mayors in cities
  • Resident assistant, may be referred to as a warden at some educational institutions
  • Park ranger, also called a park warden or forest ranger, a person entrusted with protecting and preserving parklands
  • Parking enforcement officer, also called a traffic warden or parking inspector, an officer who issues tickets for parking violations
  • Sheltered housing officers, referred to formerly (and still by some) as "wardens"
  • Wardens of the Coast
    • Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, a ceremonial office of the Confederation of Cinque Ports of the southeast coast of England
    • Lord Warden of the Marches, a historical office in Scotland and England
  • Lord Warden of the Stannaries, a historical office in Cornwall
  • Warden of the Swans, an office in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, created in 1993

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Mish, Frederick C., ed (1993). Merriam-Webster's collegiate dictionary. Springfield, Mass. : Merriam-Webster. ISBN 978-0-87779-708-1. https://archive.org/details/merriamwebstersc00spri/page/1330/mode/2up?view=theater&q=warden. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Warden". Encyclopædia Britannica. 28 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 322. 

See also

  • Block warden (disambiguation)
  • Lord Warden (disambiguation)